New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 5:36
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
King James Version
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
World English Bible
Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.
American Standard Version
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Berean Literal Bible
Nor may you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 5
34 But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
37 Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
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