Matthew 7:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε, κριθήσεσθε: καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.

Transliteration

In which gar krimati krinete, you will be krithēsesthe: and in which metrō metreite, will be metrēthēsetai to you.

Grammar Details

*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*krimati*: dative singular neuter - judgment/standard
*krinete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you judge
*krithēsesthe*: future passive indicative, 2nd person plural - you will be judged
*metrō*: dative singular neuter - measure/standard
*metreite*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you measure
*metrēthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be measured
*hymin*: dative plural - to you

Word Meanings

*krimati*: judgment/verdict/standard of judgment
*krinete*: judge/evaluate/condemn
*metrō*: measure/standard/quantity
*metreite*: measure out/evaluate/apportion

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 4:24 : 24 And 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 6:38 : 38 Give, 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.
Judg 1:7 : 7 And 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.
Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Rev 18:6 : 6 Reward 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.
Ps 18:25-26 : 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Ps 137:7-8 : 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Jer 51:24 : 24 And 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.
Obad 1:15 : 15 For 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.
2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

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