Hebrews 6:13 - The Scriptures 2009 For Elohim, having promised Aḇraham, since He could swear by no one greater, swore by Himself, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, American Standard Version (1901) For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, Common English Bible When God gave Abraham his promise, he swore by himself since he couldn’t swear by anyone greater. Catholic Public Domain Version For God, in making promises to Abraham, swore by himself, (because he had no one greater by whom he might swear), Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For God making promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself, |
“Remember Aḇraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yisra’ĕl, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I increase your seed like the stars of the heavens. And all this land that I have spoken of I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”
“I have sworn by Myself, a word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, so that to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue swear.
“But if you do not obey these words, I swear by Myself,” declares יהוה, “that this house shall become a ruin.” ’ ”
“Therefore hear the word of יהוה, all Yehuḏah who are dwelling in the land of Mitsrayim, ‘See, I have sworn by My great Name,’ declares יהוה, ‘My Name shall no longer be called upon by the mouth of any man of Yehuḏah in all the land of Mitsrayim, saying, “As the Master יהוה lives...”
“For I have sworn by Myself,” declares יהוה, “that Botsrah is to become a ruin, a reproach, a waste, and a curse, and all its cities become everlasting wastes.”
And I shall destroy all its beasts from beside its great waters, and let the foot of man trouble them no more, nor let the hooves of beasts trouble them.
You give truth to Ya‛aqoḇ, loving-commitment to Aḇraham, which You swore to our fathers from the days of old!
Brothers, as a man I say it: a covenant, even though it is man’s, yet if it is confirmed, no one sets it aside, or adds to it.
For if the inheritance is by Torah, it is no longer by promise, but Elohim gave it to Aḇraham through a promise.
See, I have set the land before you. Go in and possess the land which יהוה swore to your fathers, to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ, to give to them and their seed after them.’