HEB 6:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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 RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For men swear by one who is greater, and an end of all disputes to them for confirmation is the oath,

UST Now, people have someone who is more powerful than they are guarantee what they promise. In fact, when someone guarantees what he or she promises in this way, it definitively concludes whatever people are arguing about.

BSB Men swear by [someone] greater [than themselves], and [their] oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

MSB Men indeed[fn] swear by [someone] greater [than themselves], and [their] oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

BLB For men swear by one greater, and an end of all their disputes, for confirmation, is the oath,

AICNT For [[indeed]][fn] men swear by the greater, and for them an oath is the end of all dispute as a confirmation;

6:16, indeed: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB People, of course, swear by what is greater than themselves, and with them an oath is accepted as putting a matter beyond all dispute.

WEBBE For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

LSV for men swear by the greater, and the oath [is] for confirmation of the end of all their controversy,

FBV People swear on things that are greater than they are, and when they have some dispute the oath is taken as the final word on the matter.

TCNT People swear by someone greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.

T4T Keep in mind that when people promise something, they ask a more important person to punish them if they do not do what they promise. Furthermore, when people ask God to punish them if they do not tell the truth, that causes people who are disputing to stop disputing.

LEB No LEB HEB book available

BBE For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

Moff No Moff HEB book available

Wymth For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.

ASV For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

DRA For men swear by one greater than themselves: and an oath for confirmation is the end of all their controversy.

YLT for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation [is] the oath,

Drby For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

RV For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

SLT For truly men swear by the greater: and the oath for confirmation to them the end of all controversy.

Wbstr For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.

KJB-1769 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
(For men verily/truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. )

KJB-1611 For men verily sweare by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps HEB book available

Gnva For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.
(For men verily/truly swear by him that is greater then themselves, and an oath for confirmation is among them an end of all strife. )

Cvdl No Cvdl HEB book available

TNT Men verely sweare by him that is greater then them selves and an othe to confyrme the thynge ys amonge them an ende of all stryfe.
(Men verily/truly swear by him that is greater then them selves and an oath to confyrme the thing is among them an end of all strife. )

Wycl No Wycl HEB book available

Luth No Luth HEB book available

ClVg Homines enim per majorem sui jurant: et omnis controversiæ eorum finis, ad confirmationem, est juramentum.
(Homines because through greater self yurant: and everyone controversiæ their end/limit, to confirmationem, it_is yuramentum. )

UGNT ἄνθρωποι γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας, εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος.
(anthrōpoi gar kata tou meizonos omnuousin, kai pasaʸs autois antilogias peras, eis bebaiōsin ho horkos.)

SBL-GNT ⸀ἄνθρωποι γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος·
(⸀anthrōpoi gar kata tou meizonos omnuousin, kai pasaʸs autois antilogias peras eis bebaiōsin ho horkos;)

RP-GNT Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος.
(Anthrōpoi men gar kata tou meizonos omnuousin, kai pasaʸs autois antilogias peras eis bebaiōsin ho horkos.)

TC-GNT Ἄνθρωποι [fn]μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσι, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος.
(Anthrōpoi men gar kata tou meizonos omnuousi, kai pasaʸs autois antilogias peras eis bebaiōsin ho horkos. )

6:16 μεν ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

The word For introduces further explanation of how “swearing” by someone works (See: [6:13](../06/13.md) especially). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a comparable word or phrase. Alternate translation: [About swearing,] or [Indeed,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωποι

people

Although men is masculine, the author is using it to all people, both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word that applies to both men and women or you could refer to both genders. Alternate translation: [men and women]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν

by the greater_‹one› ˓are˒_swearing

Here, just as in [6:13](../06/13.md), the author refers to how people often “swore by” someone else. The other person needed to be someone important and powerful enough to guarantee or enforce what the person who swore promised to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the practice more explicit. Alternate translation: [swear by one who is greater, who will guarantee what they say]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας, εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος

˱of˲_all ˱to˲_them controversy ˓an˒_end_‹is› for confirmation the oath_‹given›

The author uses technical language related to disputes and the law courts. The word end refers to a final decision, while the word confirmation refers to how something is backed up and proved to be true by evidence or, here, an oath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another day. Alternate translation: [the conclusion of all their disputes is the oath that closes the issue] or [the oath confirms that a dispute has ended]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας, εἰς βεβαίωσιν

˱of˲_all ˱to˲_them controversy ˓an˒_end_‹is› for confirmation

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of confirmation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what confirms the end of all disputes to them] or [what certainly finishes anything that people are disputing about]

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