Matthew 23:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.

New Living Translation
And when you swear ‘by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.

English Standard Version
And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

Berean Study Bible
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

New American Standard Bible
And the one who swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells in it.

NASB 1995
"And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it.

NASB 1977
“And he who swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it.

Amplified Bible
And whoever swears [an oath] by the sanctuary of the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells within it.

Christian Standard Bible
The one who takes an oath by the temple takes an oath by it and by him who dwells in it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who takes an oath by the sanctuary takes an oath by it and by Him who dwells in it.

Contemporary English Version
And anyone who swears by the temple also swears by God, who lives there.

Good News Translation
and when he swears by the Temple, he is swearing by it and by God, who lives there;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To swear an oath by the temple is to swear by it and by the one who lives there.

International Standard Version
The one who swears an oath by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who lives there.

NET Bible
And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

New King James Version
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.

King James 2000 Bible
And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein.

New Heart English Bible
He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

World English Bible
He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

American King James Version
And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells therein.

American Standard Version
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

A Faithful Version
And the one who swears by the temple swears by it, and by Him Who dwells in it.

Darby Bible Translation
And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.

English Revised Version
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Webster's Bible Translation
And whoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by hym that dwelleth therin.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And whosoever sweareth by the teple sweareth by it and by hym yt dwelleth therin.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he who swore by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

Berean Literal Bible
And the one having sworn by the temple swears by it and by the One dwelling in it.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he having sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him dwelling in it.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And the one having sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by the One residing in it.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And whoever swears by The Temple swears by it and by The One dwelling in it.

Lamsa Bible
And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells in it.

Godbey New Testament
And the one swearing by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who inhabited it.

Haweis New Testament
And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him also who dwelleth in it.

Mace New Testament
and whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Weymouth New Testament
he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him who dwells in it;

Worrell New Testament
and he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him dwelling therein;

Worsley New Testament
and he, that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him that dwelleth in it:
















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