Matthew 7 · Verse 9

Matthew 7:9

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Matthew 7:9, King James Version

Matthew 7:9 in other translations

BSB	Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
WEB	Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
ASV	Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;
YLT	‘Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf--a stone will he present to him?
DARBY	Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;
BBE	Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
Webster	Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask bread, will give him a stone?

What does Matthew 7:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread--a loaf. will he give him a stone?--round and smooth like such a loaf or cake as was much in use, but only to mock him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. Mt 7:7

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 Or what man is there - whom if his son - Men are exhorted to come unto God, with the persuasion that he is a most gracious and compassionate Parent, who possesses all heavenly and earthly good, knows what is necessary for each of his creatures, and is infinitely ready to communicate that which they need most. Will he give him a stone? - Will he not readily give him bread if he have it? This was a proverb in other countries; a benefit grudgingly given by an avaricious man is called by Seneca, panem lapidosum, stony bread. Hence that saying in Plautus: Altera manu, fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera. - In one hand he brings a stone, and stretches out bread in the other.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 7:7-11

Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost; or as the merchantman that seeks goodly pearls. Knock, as he that desires to enter into the house knocks at the door. Sin has shut and barred the door against us; by…

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Matthew 7:9 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἪĒOrG2228

τίςtiswhichG5101

ἐστινestinisG1510

ἐξexofG1537

ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771

ἄνθρωποςanthrōposa manG444

ὃνhonwhomG3739

ἐὰνeanifG1437

αἰτήσειaitēseihe will ask forG154

ὁhotheG3588

υἱὸςhuiossonG5207

αὐτοῦautouof himG846

ἄρτον,artonbread,G740

μὴmēsurely notG3361

λίθονlithona stoneG3037

ἐπιδώσειepidōseiwill he giveG1929

αὐτῷ;autōto him?G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 7:9

Luke 11:11-13
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lu 11:11-13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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Matthew 7:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	¿Qué hombre hay de vosotros, á quien si su hijo pidiere pan, le dará una piedra?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Ou quel est l’homme d’entre vous, qui, si son fils lui demande un pain, lui donne une pierre,
German Elberfelder 1871	Oder welcher Mensch ist unter euch, der, wenn sein Sohn ihn um ein Brot bitten würde, ihm einen Stein geben wird?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Aut quis est ex vobis homo, quem si petierit filius suus panem, numquid lapidem porriget ei?