Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Holman Bible
For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.
International Standard Version
For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.
A Conservative Version
For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.
American Standard Version
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Amplified
Indeed men swear [an oath] by
An Understandable Version
For people make vows by someone greater [than themselves], and an argument is settled when someone takes an oath [that he is telling the truth].
Anderson New Testament
For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Common New Testament
Men swear by one greater than themselves, and in all their disputes the oath is final for confirmation.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for when men swear by a superior, the ratifying what they say with an oath, puts an end to all further debate.
Darby Translation
For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
Godbey New Testament
For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:
Goodspeed New Testament
For men make oath by something greater than themselves, and they accept an oath as settling finally any disagreement they may have.
John Wesley New Testament
For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Julia Smith Translation
For truly men swear by the greater: and the oath for confirmation to them the end of all controversy.
King James 2000
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.
Modern King James verseion
For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves; And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife.
Moffatt New Testament
For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
Montgomery New Testament
I am referring to the oath because men swear by what is greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
NET Bible
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.
New Heart English Bible
For men swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Noyes New Testament
For men indeed swear by one who is greater, and the oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Sawyer New Testament
For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute;
The Emphasized Bible
For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For men indeed swear by something greater than themselves; and an oath for confirmation is with them conclusive in all disputes.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
Webster
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Weymouth New Testament
For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.
Williams New Testament
For it is a custom among men to take oath by something greater than themselves, and an oath taken for confirmation settles any dispute among them.
World English Bible
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Worrell New Testament
For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute:
Worsley New Testament
For men swear by a greater Being, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all controversy.
Youngs Literal Translation
for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath,
Themes
spiritual Development » Select reading, heb 511-14, 61-16
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 6:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Not Forget You
15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect. 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 22:11
If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,
Genesis 21:23
Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
Genesis 21:30-31
And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Joshua 9:15-20
So Joshua made peace with them, and made an agreement with them that they were not to be put to death: and the chiefs of the people took an oath to them.
2 Samuel 21:2
Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)
Ezekiel 17:16-20
By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.
Matthew 23:20-22
He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
Hebrews 6:13
For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,