Matthew 7:3

Why ¹  do you see the speck ²  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ³  the beam of wood ⁴  in your own?

2Sa 12:5,6; 2Ch 28:9,10; Ps 50:16-21; Lu 6:41,42; Lu 18:11; Joh 8:7-9; Ga 6:1

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn The term translated speck refers to a small piece of wood, chaff, or straw; see L&N 3.66.

³ tn Or “do not notice.”

⁴ sn The term beam of wood refers to a very big piece of wood, the main beam of a building, in contrast to the speck in the other’s eye (L&N 7.78).