7In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.


In Context

4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

5 |When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Matthew 6:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do:] for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7And — praying — ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.