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OET (OET-RV) But I’m telling you not to make oaths in the first place—don’t swear by heaven because it’s God’s throne,
OET-LV But I am_saying to_you_all not to_ actually _swear, neither by the heaven, because it_is the_throne of_ the _god,
SR-GNT Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως· μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ· ‡
(Egō de legō humin maʸ omosai holōs; maʸte en tōi ouranōi, hoti thronos estin tou ˚Theou;)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT But I tell you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
UST Now here is what I want to tell you: you must never have someone or something guarantee what you promise. For example, you must not have heaven guarantee it. That is because heaven is where God rules.
BSB But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
BLB But I say to you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God;
AICNT But I say to you, do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
OEB But I say to you that you must not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God’s throne,
WEB but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
NET But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
LSV but I say to you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, because it is the throne of God,
FBV But I tell you, don't swear at all. Don't swear by heaven, because it's the throne of God.
TCNT But I say to you, do not swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
T4T But now listen to what I say to you: Never promise to do anything and then ask a superior being to affirm that what you are saying will happen. For example, do not promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings in heaven [MTY] to affirm that you will do it, because heaven is where God sits on his throne [MTY] to rule over people.
LEB But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
BBE But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
MOF No MOF MAT book available
ASV but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;
DRA But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:
YLT but I — I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,
DBY But I say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is [the] throne of [fn]God;
5.34 Elohim
RV but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;
WBS But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
KJB But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
BB But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate,
(But, I say unto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heaven, for it is gods seate,)
GNV But I say vnto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is the throne of God:
(But I say unto you, Sweare not at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: )
CB But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate:
(But I say unto you: sweare not at all, neither by heaue, for it is Godis seate:)
TNT But I saye vnto you swere not at all nether by heue for it ys Goddes seate:
(But I say unto you swere not at all neither by heue for it is Goddes seate: )
WYC But Y seie to you, that ye swere not `for ony thing; nethir bi heuene, for it is the trone of God;
(But I say to you, that ye/you_all swere not `for any thing; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;)
LUT Ich aber sage euch, daß ihr allerdinge nicht schwören sollt, weder bei dem Himmel, denn er ist Gottes Stuhl;
(I but sage you, that her allerdinge not schwören sollt, weder bei to_him heaven, because he is God’s Stuhl;)
CLV Ego autem dico vobis, non jurare omnino, neque per cælum, quia thronus Dei est:
(I however dico vobis, not/no yurare omnino, neque per the_sky, because thronus Dei it_is: )
UGNT ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως; μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ Θεοῦ;
(egō de legō humin maʸ omosai holōs? maʸte en tōi ouranōi, hoti thronos estin tou Theou?)
SBL-GNT ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως· μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ θεοῦ·
(egō de legō humin maʸ omosai holōs; maʸte en tōi ouranōi, hoti thronos estin tou theou; )
TC-GNT ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως· μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ·
(egō de legō humin maʸ omosai holōs; maʸte en tōi ouranōi, hoti thronos esti tou Theou; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
5:21-47 You have heard. . . . But I say: Jesus contrasts his own teaching to six misinterpretations of the law. Each antithesis provides an example of the surpassing righteousness of Jesus. Jesus reveals the will of God as it contrasts with traditions.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
δὲ
but
Here, the word But introduces a contrast with what Jesus said in the previous verse (5:33). Jesus is not contradicting what he said. Rather, he is adding new information. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “However,” or “Yet”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐγὼ & λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι
I & /am/_saying ˱to˲_you_all not /to/_swear
Jesus uses the clause I tell you to emphasize what he is about to say and to contrast it with what “was said to the ancient ones” (5:33). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the emphatic contrast in another way. Alternate translation: “listen to this: do not swear” or “here is what you need to know: do not swear”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ὅλως; μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ Θεοῦ
actually neither by ¬the heaven because /the/_throne ˱it˲_is ¬the ˱of˲_God
Here, the word for introduces a reason why people should not swear by heaven. If it would be helpful in your language, you could put the reason before the command. Alternate translation: “at all. Heaven is the throne of God, so do not swear by it”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ Θεοῦ
/the/_throne ˱it˲_is ¬the ˱of˲_God
Here, Jesus speaks of heaven as if it were the throne of God. He means that heaven is the place from which God rules. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “it is where God’s throne is” or “it is the place from which God rules”