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Oaths and Vows

Matthew 5:35

In 9 translations

BSB
or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
KJV
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
WEB
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
ASV
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
LSV
nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of [the] great King,
YLT
nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,
DBY
nor by the earth, because it is [the] footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great King.
DRC
Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:
GNV
Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστιν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ· μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως·
RP2018
μήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστιν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ· μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως·
TR-Boyd
μήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστι τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ· μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶ τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως·
SCR1894
μητε εν τη γη οτι υποποδιον εστιν των ποδων αυτου μητε εις ιεροσολυμα οτι πολις εστιν του μεγαλου βασιλεως

Who and where

📍 Jerusalem◆ Sermon on the Mount

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
  • Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
  • 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
  • Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among…
  • Psalms 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
  • Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  • Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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