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Hebrews 6:16

Truth and honesty

14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

17 Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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BSB
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
KJV
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
WEB
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
ASV
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
DARBY
For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
BLB
For men swear by the greater, and of all their disputes, an end for confirmation [is] the oath,
ÅB
For mennesker sverger jo ved den større, og eden er dem en ende på all motsigelse, til stadfestelse.
OTB
Mennesker sverger ved noen større enn seg selv, og eden fungerer som en bekreftelse for å avslutte alle tvister.
B1930
For mennesker sverger jo ved den større, og eden er dem en ende på all motsigelse, til stadfestelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 22:11

    Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

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  • Hebrews 6:13

    For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

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  • Genesis 21:30–31

    And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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  • Joshua 9:15–20

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

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  • Genesis 31:53

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

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  • Genesis 14:22

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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  • Ezekiel 17:16–20

    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

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  • Genesis 21:23

    Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

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