Matthew 23:22

Good News Translation

and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne

King James Version (1611)
And he that shall sweare by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

King James Version
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

English Standard Version
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

New American Standard Bible
"And the one who swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

New Century Version
The person who swears by heaven is also using God's throne and the One who sits on that throne.

Amplified Bible
"And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Legacy Standard Bible
And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Berean Standard Bible
And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the One who sits on it.

Contemporary English Version
To swear by heaven is the same as swearing by God's throne and by the one who sits on that throne.

Complete Jewish Bible
And someone who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and the One who sits on it.

Darby Translation
And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.

Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever uses heaven to make a promise is using God's throne and the one who is seated on it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

George Lamsa Translation
And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

Lexham English Bible
And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.

Literal Translation
And the one swearing by Heaven swears by the throne of God, and by the One sitting on it.

American Standard Version
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Bible in Basic English
And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

Hebrew Names Version
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

International Standard Version
And the one who swears an oath by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.Psalm 11:4; Matthew 5:34; Acts 7:49;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And whosoever sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of Aloha, and by Him who sitteth thereon.

Murdock Translation
And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by throne of God, and by him that sitteth on it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sitteth theron.

English Revised Version
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

World English Bible
He who swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Weymouth's New Testament
and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he that swerith in heuene, swerith in the trone of God, and in hym that sittith ther on.

Update Bible Version
And he that swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits thereon.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.

New English Translation
And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.

New King James Version
And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

New Living Translation
And when you swear ‘by heaven,' you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

New Life Bible
Whoever makes a promise by heaven, promises by the throne of God and by Him Who sits there.

New Revised Standard
and whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by the one who is seated upon it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that hath sworn by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereupon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that sweareth by heaven sweareth by the throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon.

Revised Standard Version
and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he that sweareth by heve swereth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth theron.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboy who gives his word by heaven gives his word on the Boss's throne and by the one who sits on it.

Contextual Overview

¹³ "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter! ^{14 15} "How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You sail the seas and cross whole countries to win one convert; and when you succeed, you make him twice as deserving of going to hell as you yourselves are! ¹⁶ "How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, ‘If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.' ¹⁷ Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy? ¹⁸ You also teach, ‘If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.' ¹⁹ How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy? ²⁰ So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it; ²¹ and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there; ²² and when someone swears by heaven, he is swearing by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by the: Matthew 5:34, Psalms 11:4, Isaiah 66:1, Acts 7:49, Revelation 4:2, Revelation 4:3

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that shall swear by heaven,.... As the Jews were wont to do in common, but did not look upon such an oath as obligatory on them; :-, though such an one

sweareth by the throne of God; for heaven is God's throne, where he sits, and, in an eminent manner, displays the glory of his majesty:

and by him that sitteth thereon, by God himself. Thus swearing by anything that has any relation to God, is implicitly swearing by him; and therefore ought to be considered as binding, as if he was expressed in it; since an appeal cannot be made to things inanimate, nor indeed to any creature, but to God, the searcher of hearts.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The throne of God - Heaven is his throne, Matthew 5:34. It is so called as being the place where he sits in glory. Jesus says, here, that all who swear at all do, in fact, swear by God, or the oath is good for nothing. To swear by an altar, a gift, or a temple is of no force unless it be meant to appeal to God himself. The essential thing in an oath is calling God to witness our sincerity. If a real oath is taken, therefore, God is appealed to. If not it is foolish and wicked to swear by anything else.