Matthew 5:35
33 Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
34 But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
37 Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- KJV
- Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
- WEB
- nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- ASV
- nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- DARBY
- nor by the earth, because it is [the] footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great King.
- BLB
- nor by the earth, because it is the footstool for His feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
- ÅB
- og ikke ved jorden, for den er hans fotskammel; og ikke ved Jerusalem, for det er den store kongens by.
- OTB
- eller ved jorden, for den er Hans fotskammel; eller ved Jerusalem, for det er den store Kongens by.
- B1930
- eller ved jorden, for den er hans fotskammel, eller ved Jerusalem, for det er den store konges stad.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Read in contextMalachi 1:14
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
Read in contextRevelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Read in contextPsalms 99:5
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
Read in contextRevelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Read in contextPsalms 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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