Matthew 7:10
Strong's Lexicon
Or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

[if]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he asks for
αἰτήσει (aitēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

a fish,
ἰχθὺν (ichthyn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2486: A fish. Of uncertain affinity; a fish.

will give
ἐπιδώσει (epidōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1929: (a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind). From epi and didomi; to give over.

μὴ ()
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a snake ?
ὄφιν (ophin)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

Young's Literal Translation
and if a fish he may ask—a serpent will he present to him?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake ?

New American Standard Bible
"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

King James Bible
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

New Living Translation
Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!

English Standard Version
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

New American Standard Bible
"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

King James Bible
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

International Standard Version
Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

NET Bible
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

American Standard Version
or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

English Revised Version
or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

Young's Literal Translation
and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?
















Cross References
Matthew 7:9
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

John 3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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