Matthew 5:35
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New International Version (©1984)
or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And do not say, 'By the earth!' because the earth is his footstool. And do not say, 'By Jerusalem!' for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.

English Standard Version (©2001)
or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.

International Standard Version (©2008)
nor by the earth, because it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
or by the earth, which is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, which is the city of the great King.

King James Bible
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

American King James Version
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

American Standard Version
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Bible in Basic English
Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

Darby Bible Translation
nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

English Revised Version
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King,

Weymouth New Testament
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

World English Bible
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Young's Literal Translation
nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

Geneva Study Bible

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

People's New Testament

5:34,35 Swear not at all. Christ does not forbid judicial oaths. Note, (1) God sometimes swears by himself (Ge 22:16,17); (2) Jesus made oath before the Sanhedrin (Mt 26:63); (3) Paul made oath to the Corinthians (2Co 1:23). He does forbid all profanity and idle oaths, such as were common among the Jews, and still so defile the mouths of men.

Neither by heaven. The Jews held that it was impious to swear by the name of God, but that one could swear by heaven, by the earth, by Jerusalem. One was God's throne, the second his footstool, Jerusalem the city of the Messiah King, all too holy for profanation.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool-(quoting Isa 66:1);

neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King-(quoting Ps 48:2).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


Psalm 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King.
Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?
Acts 7:49 'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE? (NASB ©1995)

City Earth Feet Foot Footstool Great Jerusalem Resting-Place

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

the earth. Ps 99:5

the city. 2Ch 6:6 Ps 48:2 87:2 Mal 1:14 Re 21:2,10

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