Matthew 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Matthew 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Matthew 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Matthew 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
Matthew 7:6 — World English Bible
Matthew 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you. ”
Matthew 7:6 — American Standard Version
Matthew 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Ye may not give that which is <FI>holy<Fi> to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned--may rend you.”
Matthew 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you. ”
Matthew 7:6 — Darby Translation
Matthew 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.”
Matthew 7:6 — Geneva Bible
Matthew 7:6 in Context — Matthew 7
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.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
What Does Matthew 7:6 Mean?
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