Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 7:2 in other translations
| BSB | For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. |
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| WEB | For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. |
| ASV | For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you. |
| YLT | for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you. |
| DARBY | for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. |
| BBE | For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you. |
| Webster | For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and the measure which ye give, shall be measured to you again. |
What does Matthew 7:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Mete. Measure. You shall be judged by the same rule which you apply to others.
(s) "what measure ye mete" Jud 1:7
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 7:1-6
We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the worst of people. Here is a just reproof to those who quarrel with their brethren for small faults, while they allow themselves in greater ones. Some sins are as motes, while others are as beams; some as a gnat, others as a…
Matthew 7:2 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 7:2
- James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- Mark 4:24
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
- Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
- Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- Psalms 18:25-26
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Judges 1:7
And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- Psalms 137:7-8
Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Jeremiah 51:24
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Matthew 7:1
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
- Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Matthew 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Matthew 7:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque con el juicio con que juzgáis, seréis juzgados; y con la medida con que medís, os volverán á medir. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car, du jugement dont vous jugerez, vous serez jugés; et de la mesure dont vous mesurerez, il vous sera mesuré. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn mit welchem Gericht ihr richtet, werdet ihr gerichtet werden, und mit welchem Maße ihr messet, wird euch gemessen werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In quo enim judicio judicaveritis, judicabimini: et in qua mensura mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis. |