Matthew 5:36 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁶ You should not take an oath, [saying] ‘by my head,’ for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Common English Bible

³⁶ And you must not pledge by your head, because you can’t turn one hair white or black.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:36 Cross References

Matthew 5:35

nor ‘by earth,’ for it is the footstool for His feet; nor ‘by Jerusalem,’ for it is the city of the great King [i.e., God].

Matthew 5:37

But you should just say ‘yes’ [when you mean] yes, and ‘no’ [when you mean] no. Whatever you say beyond these [i.e., enforcing them by oaths] is of the evil one [i.e., the devil].

Matthew 6:27

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?

Luke 12:25

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?