Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Holman Bible
For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.
International Standard Version
For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.
A Conservative Version
For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation.
American Standard Version
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Amplified
Indeed men swear [an oath] by
An Understandable Version
For people make vows by someone greater [than themselves], and an argument is settled when someone takes an oath [that he is telling the truth].
Anderson New Testament
For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Bible in Basic English
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
Common New Testament
Men swear by one greater than themselves, and in all their disputes the oath is final for confirmation.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for when men swear by a superior, the ratifying what they say with an oath, puts an end to all further debate.
Darby Translation
For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
Godbey New Testament
For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:
Goodspeed New Testament
For men make oath by something greater than themselves, and they accept an oath as settling finally any disagreement they may have.
John Wesley New Testament
For men verily swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Julia Smith Translation
For truly men swear by the greater: and the oath for confirmation to them the end of all controversy.
King James 2000
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.
Modern King James verseion
For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
Moffatt New Testament
For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
Montgomery New Testament
I am referring to the oath because men swear by what is greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
NET Bible
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.
New Heart English Bible
For men swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Noyes New Testament
For men indeed swear by one who is greater, and the oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Sawyer New Testament
For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all dispute;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For men indeed swear by something greater than themselves; and an oath for confirmation is with them conclusive in all disputes.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Men, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.
Webster
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
Weymouth New Testament
For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.
Williams New Testament
For it is a custom among men to take oath by something greater than themselves, and an oath taken for confirmation settles any dispute among them.
World English Bible
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
Worrell New Testament
For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute:
Worsley New Testament
For men swear by a greater Being, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all controversy.
Youngs Literal Translation
for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath,
Themes
spiritual Development » Select reading, heb 511-14, 61-16
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » Select readings
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 6:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Not Forget You
15 And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise. 16 For, men, by the greater one, swear, and, with them, an end of all gainsaying by way of confirmation is, the oath: 17 Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath, -
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 22:11
the oath of Yahweh, shall come between them both, That he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour, - then shall the owner thereof accept it and he shall not make restitution.
Genesis 14:22
And Abram said unto the king of Sodom, - I have lifted up my hand unto Yahweh GOD Most High, possessor of the heavens and earth:
Genesis 21:23
Now, therefore, swear to me by God, here, that thou wilt not deal falsely by me, nor by mine offspring, nor by my descendants, - according to the lovingkindness wherewith I have dealt with thee, shalt thou deal with me, and with the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis 21:30-31
And he said, The seven young sheep, shalt thou take at my hand, - that they may serve as my witness, that I digged this well.
Genesis 31:53
The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us - the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac:
Joshua 9:15-20
And Joshua made peace with them, and solemnised with them a covenant to let them live, - and the princes of the assembly, entered into an oath with them.
2 Samuel 21:2
The king therefore called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now, the Gibeonites, were, not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, with whom, the sons of Israel, had entered into an oath, and Saul had sought to smite them, in his jealousy for the sons of Israel and Judah) -
Ezekiel 17:16-20
As I live, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken With him in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.
Matthew 23:20-22
He therefore that hath sworn by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it;
Hebrews 6:13
For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, -