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Term used in the KJB to describe a small particle lodged in the eye of a “brother” (Mt 7:3-5; Lk 6:41-42). More recent translations prefer the term “speck.”

Show passage in OET: MAT 7:3–5

OET-RV MAT 7:3

3 And why are you looking at the speck of sawdust in another person’s eye when you have an entire board in your own eye?

OET-RV MAT 7:4

4 How could you offer to get the speck out of their eye, when you still have the board in yours?

OET-RV MAT 7:5

5 What a hypocrite! First get the board out of your own eye, and then you’ll be able to see clearly so that you can help them with their eye.

OET-LV MAT 7:3

3 And why you _are _looking the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you, but you _are_ not _observing the speck beam in the your eye?

OET-LV MAT 7:4

4 Or how you _will _be _saying to _the brother of _you:
Allow that I _may _throw _out the speck from the eye of _you, and see, the beam is in the eye of _you?

OET-LV MAT 7:5

5 Hypocrite, first throw _out the beam from the eye of _you, and then you _will _be _seeing _clearly to _throw _out the speck from the eye of _the brother of _you.

Show passage in OET: LUK 6:41–42

OET-RV LUK 6:41

41 “How come you notice the speck in someone else’s eye, yet don’t even notice the log that’s in your own eye?

OET-RV LUK 6:42

42 How can you tell that person, ‘Hey, let me get that speck out of your eye,’ when you can’t even see the log in your eye? You hypocrite, get the log out of your eye and then you’ll be able to see clearly so you can remove the speck in the other person’s eye.

OET-LV LUK 6:41

41 And why are _you _looking at _the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you, but you _are_ not _observing the beam which in your own eye?

OET-LV LUK 6:42

42 How are _you _being _able to _be _saying to _the brother of _you:
Brother, allow I _may _throw _out the speck which in the eye of _you, not seeing yourself the beam in the eye of _you?
Hypocrite, first throw _out the beam from the eye of _you, and then you _will _be _seeing _clearly to _throw _out the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you.

Jump to OET MAT 7:3–5 section.

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