Hebrews 6:17 Parallel Translations

God wouldn't change his plan. He wanted to make this perfectly clear to those who would receive his promise, so he took an oath.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

ASV:

Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

BBE:

So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

DBY:

Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,

ERV:

Wherein God, being minded to shew more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath:

WEY:

In the same way, since it was God's desire to display more convincingly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable His purpose was,

WBS:

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

WEB:

In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

YLT:

in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

Hebrews 6:17 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."

Proverbs 19:21 Many plans are in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand.

Hebrews 6:18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:17 Wherein God, willing more {f} abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
(f) More than was needed, were it not for the wickedness of men who do not believe God, even though he swears.

PNT:

6:17 Wherein God... confirmed [it] by the an oath. God, out of condescension to that human weakness which puts more confidence in an oath than in the bare word, confirmed his promise by an oath.

WES:

6:17 God interposed by an oath - Amazing condescension! He who is greatest of all acts as if he were a middle person; as if while he swears, he were less than himself, by whom he swears! Thou that hearest the promise, dost thou not yet believe?

MHC:

6:11-20 The hope here meant, is a sure looking for good things promised, through those promises, with love, desire, and valuing of them. Hope has its degrees, as faith also. The promise of blessedness God has made to believers, is from God's eternal purpose, settled between the eternal Father, Son, and Spirit. These promises of God may safely be depended upon; for here we have two things which cannot change, the counsel and the oath of God, in which it is not possible for God to lie; it would be contrary to his nature as well as to his will. And as He cannot lie; the destruction of the unbeliever, and the salvation of the believer, are alike certain. Here observe, those to whom God has given full security of happiness, have a title to the promises by inheritance. The consolations of God are strong enough to support his people under their heaviest trials. Here is a refuge for all sinners who flee to the mercy of God, through the redemption of Christ, according to the covenant of grace, laying aside all other confidences. We are in this world as a ship at sea, tossed up and down, and in danger of being cast away. We need an anchor to keep us sure and steady. Gospel hope is our anchor in the storms of this world. It is sure and stedfast, or it could not keep us so. The free grace of God, the merits and mediation of Christ, and the powerful influences of his Spirit, are the grounds of this hope, and so it is a stedfast hope. Christ is the object and ground of the believer's hope. Let us therefore set our affections on things above, and wait patiently for his appearance, when we shall certainly appear with him in glory.

CONC:

Abundantly Character Clear Confirmed Convincingly Counsel Desire Desired Desiring Determined Display Fixed God's Heirs Heritage Immutability Interpose Interposed Intervened Minded Nature Oath Promise Promised Purpose Shew Specially Unchangeable Unchangeableness Unchanging Wherein Willing

Abundantly Character Clear Confirmed Counsel Desire Desired Desiring Determined Display Fixed God's Heirs Heritage Interpose Interposed Intervened Minded Nature Oath Promise Purpose Shew Show Specially Unchangeable Unchanging Wanted Way Wherein Willing Word

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