Hebrews 6:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Men indeed swear by a greater [than themselves], and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final [ending strife].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ People pledge by something greater than themselves. A solemn pledge guarantees what they say and shuts down any argument.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For men swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath as confirmation is the end of all their controversy.

Hebrews 6:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 14:22

Avram said to the king of Sedom, *I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, El `Elyon, possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 21:23

Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.*

Genesis 21:24

Avraham said, *I will swear.*

Genesis 31:53

The God of Avraham, and the God of Nachor, the God of their father, judge between us.* Then Ya`akov swore by the fear of his father, Yitzchak.

2 Samuel 21:2

The king called the Giv`onim, and said to them (now the Giv`onim were not of the children of Yisra'el, but of the remnant of the Amori; and the children of Yisra'el had sworn to them: and Sha'ul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Yisra'el and Yehudah);

Exodus 22:11

the oath of the LORD shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

Hebrews 6:13

For when God made a promise to Avraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,