KJV King James Version
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
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Matthew 5:34
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
WEB World English Bible
but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
ASV American Standard Version
but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but I—I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,
Surrounding context — Matthew 5
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weδὲG1161 · dethenλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖνG4771 · suyouμὴG3361 · mēnotὀμόσαιG3660 · omnumito swearὅλως,G3654 · holōsat allμήτεG3383 · mēteneitherἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανῷG3772 · ouranosheavenὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatθρόνοςG2362 · thronosthroneἐστὶνG1510 · eimito beτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ,G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?Deuteronomy 23:21-23When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.Matthew 23:16-22Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!Ecclesiastes 9:2All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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