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Hebrews 6:17

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17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto vthe heirs of xpromise wthe immutability of his counsel, †confirmed it by xan oath:

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Footnotes

  1. vSo ch. 11:9.
  2. xComp. ver. 17.
  3. wver. 18. So Ps. 110:4. See Prov. 19:21.
  4. †Gr. interposed himself by an oath.
  5. xComp. ver. 17.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

NLTNew Living Translation

God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the same way God, because he wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed it with an oath,