For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，并且以起誓为实据，了结各样的争论。

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，并且以起誓作保证，了结各样的争论。

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，并且以起誓作保证，了结各样的争论。

人总是指着比自己更大的起誓，并用誓言作保证，了结各样的争论。

因为人起誓都是指着比自己大的起誓。这誓言就了结了他们中间的一切纠纷，作为保证。

人本来指着比自己更大的起誓；对他们，所起的誓就是了结一切争执的确据；

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，並且以起誓為實據，了結各樣的爭論。

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，並且以起誓作保證，了結各樣的爭論。

人都是指着比自己大的起誓，並且以起誓作保證，了結各樣的爭論。

人總是指著比自己更大的起誓，並用誓言作保證，了結各樣的爭論。

因為人起誓都是指著比自己大的起誓。這誓言就了結了他們中間的一切糾紛，作為保證。

人都是指着比自己大的來起誓；起誓對於他們就了結了一切的爭辯，可做確定的保證。

人本來指著比自己更大的起誓；對他們，所起的誓就是了結一切爭執的確據；

蓋人必指大於己者而誓、凡有爭辯、則誓以定之、

凡人之誓、必指大於己者、誓所以堅其信、而違言息矣、

凡人立誓、必指大於己者而誓、既立誓、則事定、而爭辯皆息、

夫人之立誓、必憑大於己者、所以昭慎重而杜爭議也。

People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.

People promise things by someone greater than themselves. Giving your word makes a promise certain. It puts an end to all arguing.

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.

Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.

For people swear an oath by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.

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

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

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

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

there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.

“ As I live”— this is the declaration of the Lord God—“ he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.Pharaoh will not help him with his great army and vast horde in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape!”Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:“ As I live, I will bring down on his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there for the treachery he committed against Me.

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:

But Abram said to the king of Sodom,“ I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a foreign resident.”

The God of Abraham, and the gods of Nahor— the gods of their father— will judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

He replied,“ You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Therefore, the one who takes an oath by the altar takes an oath by it and by everything on it.The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it.And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by Him who sits on it.

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the Gibeonites were their neighbors, living among them.So the Israelites set out and reached the Gibeonite cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then the whole community grumbled against the leaders.All the leaders answered them,“ We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.This is how we will treat them: we will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.