36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.


In Context

33 "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.'

34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne;

35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.

37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

38 "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'

Matthew 5:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:36nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.