Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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.
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)
Topics
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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 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. 6 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. 7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7-8
Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Matthew 15:26
"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs," he said.
Philippians 3:2
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!
Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Matthew 10:14-15
And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.
Matthew 22:5-6
But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
Matthew 24:10
Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
Acts 13:45-47
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
2 Timothy 4:14-15
Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
Hebrews 6:6
and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.
Hebrews 10:29
How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
2 Peter 2:22
They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."
Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
2 Corinthians 11:26
I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,