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Matthew 7:4
Why do you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that piece of dust out of your eye'? Look at yourself first! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye?
King James Version (1611)
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
King James Version
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
English Standard Version
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
New American Standard Bible
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and look, the log is in your own eye?
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and look, the log is in your own eye?
New Century Version
How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that little piece of dust out of your eye'? Look at yourself! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye.
How can you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that little piece of dust out of your eye'? Look at yourself! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye.
Amplified Bible
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me get the speck out of your eye,' when there is a log in your own eye?
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me get the speck out of your eye,' when there is a log in your own eye?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?
"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?
Legacy Standard Bible
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye?
Berean Standard Bible
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while there is still a beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while there is still a beam in your own eye?
Contemporary English Version
How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye?
How can you say, "My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye," when you don't see the log in your own eye?
Complete Jewish Bible
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,' when you have the log in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,' when you have the log in your own eye?
Darby Translation
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
George Lamsa Translation
Or how can you say to your brother, let me take out the splinter from your eye, and behold there is a cross beam in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, let me take out the splinter from your eye, and behold there is a cross beam in your own eye?
Good News Translation
How dare you say to your brother, ‘Please, let me take that speck out of your eye,' when you have a log in your own eye?
How dare you say to your brother, ‘Please, let me take that speck out of your eye,' when you have a log in your own eye?
Lexham English Bible
Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Allow me to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood is in your own eye?
Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Allow me to remove the speck from your eye,' and behold, the beam of wood is in your own eye?
Literal Translation
Or how will you say to your brother, Allow me to cast out the twig from your eye; and behold, the log is in your eye!
Or how will you say to your brother, Allow me to cast out the twig from your eye; and behold, the log is in your eye!
American Standard Version
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
Bible in Basic English
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
Hebrew Names Version
Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
International Standard Version
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when the beam is in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when the beam is in your own eye?
Etheridge Translation
Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Permit that I draw forth the rod from thine eye, and, behold, there is a rafter in thine own eye ?
Or how sayest thou to thy brother, Permit that I draw forth the rod from thine eye, and, behold, there is a rafter in thine own eye ?
Murdock Translation
Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; and lo! a beam is in thy own eye.
Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Allow me to pluck the straw from thy eye; and lo! a beam is in thy own eye.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Or, howe sayest thou to thy brother: suffer me, I wyll plucke out a mote out of thyne eye: and beholde, a beame is in thyne owne eye?
Or, howe sayest thou to thy brother: suffer me, I wyll plucke out a mote out of thyne eye: and beholde, a beame is in thyne owne eye?
English Revised Version
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
World English Bible
Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye, and behold a beam is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye, and behold a beam is in thine own eye?
Weymouth's New Testament
Or how say to your brother, `Allow me to take the splinter out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye?
Or how say to your brother, `Allow me to take the splinter out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Or hou seist thou to thi brothir, Brothir, suffre I schal do out a mote fro thin iye, and lo! a beem is in thin owne iye?
Or hou seist thou to thi brothir, Brothir, suffre I schal do out a mote fro thin iye, and lo! a beem is in thin owne iye?
Update Bible Version
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote out of your eye; and look, the beam is in your own eye?
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote out of your eye; and look, the beam is in your own eye?
Webster's Bible Translation
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thy eye; and behold, a beam [is] in thy own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thy eye; and behold, a beam [is] in thy own eye?
New English Translation
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?
New King James Version
Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
New Living Translation
How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,' when you can't see past the log in your own eye?
How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,' when you can't see past the log in your own eye?
New Life Bible
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take that small piece of wood out of your eye,' when there is a big piece of wood in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take that small piece of wood out of your eye,' when there is a big piece of wood in your own eye?
New Revised Standard
Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' while the log is in your own eye?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or how wilt thou say unto thy brother, Let me cast the mote out of thine eye, - when 1o! a beam, is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say unto thy brother, Let me cast the mote out of thine eye, - when 1o! a beam, is in thine own eye?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?
Revised Standard Version
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Or why sayest thou to thy brother: suffre me to plucke oute the moote oute of thyne eye and behold a beame is in thyne awne eye.
Or why sayest thou to thy brother: suffre me to plucke oute the moote oute of thyne eye and behold a beame is in thyne awne eye.
Young's Literal Translation
or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam [is] in thine own eye?
or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam [is] in thine own eye?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or why saiest thou to yi brother: holde, I wil plucke the moate out of thyne eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne eye.
Or why saiest thou to yi brother: holde, I wil plucke the moate out of thyne eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne eye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
with what assurance can you say, brother, let me take that mote out of your eye; when there is such an apparent beam in your own eye?
with what assurance can you say, brother, let me take that mote out of your eye; when there is such an apparent beam in your own eye?
Simplified Cowboy Version
How can you offer to help your friend out with his horse when you can't even put a saddle on yours?
How can you offer to help your friend out with his horse when you can't even put a saddle on yours?
Contextual Overview
1 "Don't judge others, and God will not judge you. 2 If you judge others, you will be judged the same way you judge them. God will treat you the same way you treat others. 3 "Why do you notice the small piece of dust that is in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the big piece of wood that is in your own? 4 Why do you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that piece of dust out of your eye'? Look at yourself first! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye. 5 You are a hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to get the dust out of your friend's eye. 6 "Don't give something that is holy to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don't throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Proverbs 26:7 - so Matthew 23:24 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 2:5
This was before there were plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the earth, and there was no one to care for the plants.
This was before there were plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the earth, and there was no one to care for the plants.
Genesis 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them."
So the Lord said, "I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them."
Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
Genesis 6:17
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
"Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
Genesis 7:11
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
Genesis 7:17
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
Genesis 7:21
Every living thing on earth died—every man and woman, every bird, and every kind of animal. All the many kinds of animals and all the things that crawl on the ground died. Every living, breathing thing on dry land died.
Every living thing on earth died—every man and woman, every bird, and every kind of animal. All the many kinds of animals and all the things that crawl on the ground died. Every living, breathing thing on dry land died.
Genesis 7:23
In this way God wiped the earth clean—he destroyed every living thing on the earth—every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.
In this way God wiped the earth clean—he destroyed every living thing on the earth—every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.
Genesis 8:10
After seven days Noah again sent out the dove.
After seven days Noah again sent out the dove.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother?.... This is not so much an interrogation, as an expression of admiration, at the front and impudence of such censorious remarkers, and rigid observators; who not content to point at the faults of others, take upon them to reprove them in a very magisterial way: and it is as if Christ had said, with what face canst thou say to thy friend or neighbour,
let me pull out the mote out of thine eye? give me leave to rebuke thee sharply for thy sin, as it deserves,
and behold a beam is in thine own eye; thou art guilty of a far greater iniquity: astonishing impudence! Art thou so blind, as not to see and observe thy viler wickedness? Or which, if conscious of, how canst thou prevail upon thyself to take upon thee to reprove and censure others? Dost thou think thy brother cannot see thy beam? And may he not justly retort thine iniquities upon thee, which exceed his? and then what success canst thou promise thyself? Such persons are very unfit to be reprovers of others.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 7:4. Or how wilt thou say — That man is utterly unfit to show the way of life to others who is himself walking in the way of death.
