Hebrews 6:13
King James Version (KJV)
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
American Standard Version (ASV)
For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
World English Bible (WEB)
For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
Hebrews 6:13 Cross References
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
