Mat Matthew, chapter The Gospel According to Matthew, chapter 7

Analyze your audience

»Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσίν, μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων· μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.

Matthew 7:6 in different translations

Ancient Greek

TR Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσί· μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.

PT1904 Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσὶ μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.

SRGNT Μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσίν· μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων, μήποτε ⸂καταπατήσωσιν⸃ αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς.

English

KJV (66 books) 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.

KJV (Cambridge) 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 rent you.

AFINT (Exp US) “Do not take what is sacred and holy—the precious truths of the gospel—and cast them before those who are like dogs, who have no respect for spiritual things. Do not throw your pearls of divine wisdom before swine, who will only trample them in the mud and then turn on you with hostility and violence.

AFINT (Lit US) “Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them with their feet and, reversing, tear you to pieces.

ASV 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.

BSB Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

DRA Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

EMTV “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

FBV Don't give dogs what's holy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs. That way the pigs won't trample them underfoot, and the dogs won't turn and attack you.

GNV 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.

LSV Yöu may not give that which is [holy] to the dogs, nor cast yöur pearls before the pigs, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned—may tear yöu apart.

NASB “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. NASB 2020

NIV (US) “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

NMV Again he said to them: “Do not give holy flesh to dogs nor place your pearls before swine lest they chew them before you and turn to tear you to pieces”.

OJB Do not give the kodesh to kelevim nor throw your pearls before chazirim, lest they will trample them with their feet and turn around and tear you into pieces.

TCENT “Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

T4T “You do not give holy things to dogs that would ignore those things and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, because they would just ignore them and trample them. Similarly, do not give precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you.”

WEB (US) “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.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Не давайте святыни псам и не бросайте жемчуга вашего перед свиньями, чтобы они не попрали его ногами своими и, обратившись, не растерзали вас.

РСП (юбил.) Не давайте святыни псам и не бросайте жемчуга вашего перед свиньями, чтобы они не попрали его ногами своими и, обернувшись, не растерзали вас.

НРП Того, что свято, не давайте псам, а не то они, обернувшись, растерзают вас. И не разбрасывайте свои жемчуга перед свиньями, не то они растопчут их.

Заокская (Кулаков) Не давайте святыни псам. И жемчуга своего не сыпьте перед свиньями, ибо растопчут они его ногами, а псы, накинувшись, вас разорвут.

ВП Того, что свято, не давайте псам, а не то они, обернувшись, растерзают вас. И не разбрасывайте своего жемчуга перед свиньями, не то они растопчут его.

СП (БЛ) Не бросайте псам ничего, что свято, не бросайте перед свиньями ваш жемчуг. Иначе свиньи затопчут его, а псы повернутся и набросятся на вас».

Десницкий Что свято – того не давайте собакам, и жемчуг свой не разбрасывайте перед свиньями. Свиньи лишь растопчут его ногами, а псы набросятся на вас и разорвут.

Кассиан Не давайте святыни псам и не бросайте жемчуга вашего перед свиньями, чтобы они не затоптали его ногами и, обернувшись, не растерзали вас.