Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
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.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
A Conservative Version
Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.
Anderson New Testament
Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.
Bible in Basic English
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
Common New Testament
Do not give what is holy to the dogs; do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest these trample them under foot, and those turn upon you and tear you.
Godbey New Testament
Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.
Goodspeed New Testament
"Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.
John Wesley New Testament
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turning, rend you.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.
King James 2000
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turn around [and] tear you to pieces.
Modern King James verseion
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you.
Moffatt New Testament
Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.
Montgomery New Testament
"Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; lest in turn they trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
NET Bible
Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
New Heart English Bible
"Do not 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.
Noyes New Testament
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under their feet, and turn upon you and rend you.
Sawyer New Testament
Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not give what is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, - lest once they trample, them, down with their feet, and, turning, tear, you.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
Webster
Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Weymouth New Testament
"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.
Williams New Testament
"You must never give the things that are sacred to dogs, and you must never throw your pearls before hogs, for fear they might trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
World English Bible
"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.
Worrell New Testament
"Give not that which is holy to the dogs; neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them down with their feet; and, turning, rend you.
Worsley New Testament
Give not that which is holy unto dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; least they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye may not give that which is holy 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.
Themes
Dogs » Illustrative » Of obstinate sinners
Dogs » Nothing holy to be given to
Holiness » Not giving that which is holy unto dogs
typical nature of Paschal lamb » What remained of it till morning to be burned
Swine » Illustrative of » The wicked
Swine » Described as » Fierce and ungenerous
Wicked people » Compared with » Dogs
Wicked people » Compared with » Swine (pig)
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 7:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Throw Pearls To Pigs
5 Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother. 6 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. 7 Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7-8
He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot.
Proverbs 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Matthew 15:26
But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
Philippians 3:2
See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.
Matthew 10:14-15
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Matthew 22:5-6
But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.
Matthew 24:10
And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;
Acts 13:45-47
But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, contradicting and speaking injuriously.
2 Timothy 4:14-15
Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works.
Hebrews 6:6
and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him.
Hebrews 10:29
of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and esteemed the blood of the covenant, whereby he has been sanctified, common, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
2 Peter 2:22
But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud.
Proverbs 11:22
A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.
2 Corinthians 11:26
in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;