Matthew 7:2 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
English ASV
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
English Amplified
For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.
English EASY 2024
God will think about you in the same way that you think about other people. He will use the same rules for you as you use for other people.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
If you judge others, you will be judged the same way you judge them. God will treat you the same way you treat others.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
for God will judge you in the same way you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
English KJV 1611
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
English LSB
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged. And with the measure you use, it will be measured again for you.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
You will be judged in the same way you judge others. You will be measured in the same way you measure others.
English NIV
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
English NKJ 1982
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
English NLT
For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
For you’ll be judged by the same standard that you’ve used to judge others. The measurement you use on them will be used on you.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
For others will treat you as you treat them.
English Tyndale 1537
For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged. And with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again.