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


In Context

13 For God making promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself,

14 Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee, and multiplying I shall multiply thee.

15 And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise.

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

17 Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath:

18 That by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to hold fast the hope set before us.

Hebrews 6:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:16Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:16For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:16For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16For men truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.