Matthew 5:35 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. [Ps. 48:2; Isa. 66:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Common English Bible

You must not pledge by the earth, because it’s God’s footstool. You must not pledge by Jerusalem, because it’s the city of the great king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

nor by earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

Matthew 5:35 Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

Psalm 48:2

beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

Psalm 87:2

the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

Psalm 99:5

Extol the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

Malachi 1:14

Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished; for I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.

Matthew 5:36

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is my throne, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

Revelation 21:10

And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband;