Matthew 23:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.

New Living Translation
And when you swear ‘by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

English Standard Version
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

Berean Study Bible
And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

New American Standard Bible
And the one who swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

NASB 1995
"And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

NASB 1977
“And he who swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Amplified Bible
And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Christian Standard Bible
And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by him who sits on it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God's throne and by Him who sits on it.

Contemporary English Version
To swear by heaven is the same as swearing by God's throne and by the one who sits on that throne.

Good News Translation
and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And to swear an oath by heaven is to swear by God's throne and the one who sits on it.

International Standard Version
And the one who swears an oath by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.

NET Bible
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

New King James Version
And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

King James 2000 Bible
And he that shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon.

New Heart English Bible
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

World English Bible
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

American King James Version
And he that shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits thereon.

American Standard Version
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

A Faithful Version
And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God, and by Him Who sits upon it.

Darby Bible Translation
And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.

English Revised Version
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he who swore by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting on it.

Berean Literal Bible
And the one having sworn by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the One sitting upon it.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him sitting above it.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And he who having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by the One sitting on top of it.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And whoever swears by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

Lamsa Bible
And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits upon it.

Godbey New Testament
And the one swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.

Haweis New Testament
So he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who is seated upon it.

Mace New Testament
and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Weymouth New Testament
and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Worrell New Testament
and he who swears by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him sitting thereon.

Worsley New Testament
and he, that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it.
















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