11 translations · Greek
Matthew 7:24
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
Matthew 7:24 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Everyone that hears the words I say, and follows them, is like a wise man who built his house on solid rock.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Therefore whoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Πᾶς | Pas | everyone | G3956 πᾶς all |
| οὖν | oun | Therefore | G3767 οὖν therefore/then |
| ὅστις | hostis | who | G3748 ὅστις who/which |
| ἀκούει | akouei | hears | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| μου | mou | of Mine | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| τοὺς | tous | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λόγους | logous | words | G3056 λόγος word |
| τούτους | toutous | these | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ποιεῖ | poiei | acts on | G4160 ποιέω to do/make: do |
| αὐτούς | autous | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὁμοιωθήσεται | homoiōthēsetai | is like | G3666 ὁμοιόω to liken |
| ἀνδρὶ | andri | man | G435 ἀνήρ man |
| φρονίμῳ | phronimō | [a] wise | G5429 φρόνιμος thoughtful |
| ὅστις | hostis | who | G3748 ὅστις who/which |
| ᾠκοδόμησεν | ōkodomēsen | built | G3618 οἰκοδομέω to build |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| οἰκίαν | oikian | house | G3614 οἰκία home |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πέτραν | petran | rock | G4073 πέτρα rock |
Related verses
- Luke 6:47–49
Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
- John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- James 2:17–26
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith. You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder. …
- 1 John 2:3
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- Psalm 111:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
- 1 John 3:22–24
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
- James 1:21–27
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
Read all of Matthew 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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