Oaths and Vows
Matthew 5:36
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- KJV
- Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- WEB
- Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.
- ASV
- Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- LSV
- nor may you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black;
- YLT
- nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
- DBY
- Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- DRC
- Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- GNV
- Neither shalt thou sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ποιῆσαι elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἢ μέλαιναν ποιῆσαι.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν.
- RP2018
- μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ἢ μέλαιναν ποιῆσαι.
- TR-Boyd
- μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ἢ μέλαιναν ποιῆσαι.
- SCR1894
- μητε εν τη κεφαλη σου ομοσης οτι ου δυνασαι μιαν τριχα λευκην η μελαιναν ποιησαι
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- Luke 12:25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 6:27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
- Matthew 23:16–21Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple…
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