Matthew 5:36 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

And don't swear an oath by your head. After all, you cannot make one hair black or white.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

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

WBS:

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.

YLT:

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

Matthew 5:36 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 5:35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.

Matthew 5:37 "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes ' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

5:36 By thy head. Senseless, since the oath could have no meaning. Dr. Thompson ( The Land and the Book ) says the Orientals are still terribly profane, swearing continually by the head, the beard, the heart, the temple, the church.

WES:

5:36 For thou canst not make one hair white or black - Whereby it appears, that this also is not thine but God's.

MHC:

5:33-37 There is no reason to consider that solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, are wrong, provided they are taken with due reverence. But all oaths taken without necessity, or in common conversation, must be sinful, as well as all those expressions which are appeals to God, though persons think thereby to evade the guilt of swearing. The worse men are, the less they are bound by oaths; the better they are, the less there is need for them. Our Lord does not enjoin the precise terms wherein we are to affirm or deny, but such a constant regard to truth as would render oaths unnecessary.

CONC:

Able Black Canst Can't Hair Mayest Oath Swear

Able Black Hair Head Mayest Oath Swear White

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