Hebrews 6:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”
Hebrews 6:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hebrews 6:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hebrews 6:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.”
Hebrews 6:16 — World English Bible
Hebrews 6:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.”
Hebrews 6:16 — American Standard Version
Hebrews 6:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath,”
Hebrews 6:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Hebrews 6:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure. ”
Hebrews 6:16 — Darby Translation
Hebrews 6:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.”
Hebrews 6:16 — Geneva Bible
Hebrews 6:16 in Context — Hebrews 6
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
What Does Hebrews 6:16 Mean?
Hebrews 6:16 is a verse from the Book of Hebrews, part of the New Testament. It appears in Hebrews chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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