Hebrews 6:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ Human beings, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all dispute.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.

Hebrews 6:16 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, maker of heaven and earth,

Genesis 21:23

now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have resided as an alien.”

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor”—the God of their father—“judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

Exodus 22:11

an oath before the Lord shall decide between the two of them that the one has not laid hands on the property of the other; the owner shall accept the oath, and no restitution shall be made.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, I give an example from daily life: once a person's will has been ratified, no one adds to it or annuls it.

Hebrews 6:13

When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,