^23:7“So I, the Lord, say:²¹ ‘A new time will certainly come.²² People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”

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Footnotes

21 Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
22 Heb “Behold the days are coming.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Look, the days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives who brought the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’

NLTNew Living Translation

“In that day,” says the Lord, “when people are taking an oath, they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Therefore look, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when they will no longer say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who led up the Israelites from the land of Egypt,’

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

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