James 5:12

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BSB

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

KJV

But 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.

WEB

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

ASV

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

DARBY

But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

BLB

But before all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither [by] heaven nor the earth nor any other oath. But let your⁺ “Yes” be yes, and the “No,” no, so that you⁺ might not fall under judgment.

ÅB

Men fremfor alt, mine brødre, sverg ikke, hverken ved himmelen eller ved jorden eller noen annen ed! men deres ja være ja, og deres nei være nei, for at dere ikke skal falle under dommen!

OTB

Fremfor alt, mine brødre og søstre, sverg ikke, verken ved himmelen eller ved jorden eller med noen annen ed. La deres "Ja" være ja, og deres "Nei" være nei, så dere ikke faller under dom.

B1930

Men fremfor alt, mine brødre, sverg ikke, hverken ved himmelen eller ved jorden eller nogen annen ed! men eders ja være ja, og eders nei være nei, forat I ikke skal falle under dommen!

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