Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.
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.
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 6:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Not Forget You
15 And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. 17 In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 22:11
then there will be an oath to the Lord between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor's goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.
Genesis 14:22
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow
Genesis 21:23
Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you."
Genesis 21:30-31
He replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well."
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us." Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
Joshua 9:15-20
Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath.
2 Samuel 21:2
So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
Ezekiel 17:16-20
"'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke -- in the middle of Babylon he will die!
Matthew 23:20-22
So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
Hebrews 6:13
Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,