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Hebrews 6:16

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

For {G1063} men {G444} verily {G3303} swear {G3660} by {G2596} the greater {G3187}: and {G2532} an oath {G3727} for {G1519} confirmation {G951} is to them {G846} an end {G4009} of all {G3956} strife {G485}.

Now people swear oaths by someone greater than themselves, and confirmation by an oath puts an end to all dispute.

Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 22:11 (4 votes)

    [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.

  • Hebrews 6:13 (3 votes)

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

  • Genesis 21:30 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 21:31 (2 votes)

    Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

  • Genesis 21:23 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Joshua 9:15 (2 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Joshua 9:20 (2 votes)

    This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.