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Matthew Chapter 5 verse 36 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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BBE Matthew 5:36

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
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DARBY Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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KJV Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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WBT Matthew 5:36

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WEB Matthew 5:36

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
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YLT Matthew 5:36

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36. - For thou canst not, etc. As each of the other objects included a reference to God, so does also thy head. For even that recalls to mind the power of God, since every hair of it bears the stamp of his handiwork.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) By thy head.--This is apparently chosen as an extreme instance of a common oath in which men found no reference to God. Yet here, too, nothing but an implied reference to Him fits it to be an oath at all. He made us, and not we ourselves, and the hairs of our head are not only numbered, but are subject in all their changes to His laws, and not to our volition.