KJV King James Version
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
WEB World English Bible
For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
ASV American Standard Version
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
Surrounding context — Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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?
4 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?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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ἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongᾧG3739 · hos, hēwhichγὰρG1063 · garforκρίματιG2917 · krimajudgmentκρίνετε,G2919 · krinōto judgeκριθήσεσθε·G2919 · krinōto judgeκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongᾧG3739 · hos, hēwhichμέτρῳG3358 · metronmeasureμετρεῖτε,G3354 · metreōto measureμετρηθήσεταιG3354 · metreōto measureὑμῖν.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.Mark 4:24And 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.Luke 6:38Give, 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.Obadiah 1:15For 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.Psalm 18:25-26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;Revelation 18:6Reward 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 Thessalonians 1:6-7Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;Judges 1:7And Adonibezek 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.2 Corinthians 9:6But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Psalm 137:7-8Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.Jeremiah 51:24And 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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