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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Holman Bible
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:
International Standard Version
For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.
A Conservative Version
For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,
American Standard Version
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
Amplified
For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore [an oath] by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,
An Understandable Version
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could not make a vow by anyone greater, He vowed by Himself,
Anderson New Testament
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
Bible in Basic English
For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,
Common New Testament
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
Daniel Mace New Testament
For when God gave his promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying,
Darby Translation
For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
Godbey New Testament
For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,
Goodspeed New Testament
For when God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to make oath by, he did so by himself,
John Wesley New Testament
For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater,
Julia Smith Translation
For God promising to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, sware by himself,
King James 2000
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [when] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,
Modern King James verseion
For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,
Moffatt New Testament
For in making a promise to Abraham God swore by himself (since he could swear by none greater),
Montgomery New Testament
For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying.
NET Bible
Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
New Heart English Bible
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
Noyes New Testament
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
Sawyer New Testament
For God haying promised Abraham, when he could not swear by a greater, swore by himself,
The Emphasized Bible
For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For God when he gave the promise to Abraham forasmuch as he had nothing greater to swear by, sware by himself,
Twentieth Century New Testament
When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.
Webster
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,
Weymouth New Testament
For when God gave the promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
Williams New Testament
For when God made His promise to Abraham, He took an oath by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom He could take it,
World English Bible
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
Worrell New Testament
For God, when making a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, swore by Himself,
Worsley New Testament
For when God made the promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying,
Youngs Literal Translation
For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,
Themes
Covenant » Of God with men » Confirmed with an oath
spiritual Development » Select reading, heb 511-14, 61-16
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 6:13
Prayers for Hebrews 6:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Not Forget You
12 that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself, 14 saying, "Surely I will bless thee, and multiply thee indeed."
Cross References
Luke 1:73
And to perform the oath, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to give us.
Genesis 22:15-18
And the angel of the LORD cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time,
Psalm 105:9-10
even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac,
Isaiah 45:23
I swear by myself: out of my mouth cometh the word of righteousness, and that may no man turn: but all knees shall bow unto me, and all tongues shall swear by me,
Jeremiah 22:5
But if ye will not be obedient unto these commandments, I swear by mine own self, sayeth the LORD, this house shall be waste.
Jeremiah 49:13
For why? I have sworn by myself, sayeth the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a wilderness; an open shame; a laughingstock and cursing; and her cities shall be a continual desert.
Ezekiel 32:13
All the cattle also of Egypt will I destroy, that they shall come no more upon the waters: so that neither man's foot nor beasts claw, shall steer them any more.
Micah 7:20
Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.
Hebrews 6:16-18
Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves; And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife.