Matthew 5:35 “or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is t…”

Matthew 5:35

or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

World English Bible

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

American Standard Version

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nor yet by the earth: for it is his footestoole: neither by Hierusalem: for it is the citie of the great King.

Darby Translation

nor by the earth, because it is [the] footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is [the] city of the great King.

Young's Literal Translation

nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

Bible in Basic English

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

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Cross references

“the earth”

Psalm 99:5

Psalm 99:5 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

“the city”

Psalm 48:2 2 Chronicles 6:6 Malachi 1:14 Revelation 21:10 Revelation 21:2 Psalm 87:2

Psalm 48:2 · BSB

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

2 Chronicles 6:6 · BSB

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Malachi 1:14 · BSB

“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among t…

Revelation 21:10 · BSB

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21:2 · BSB

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Psalm 87:2 · BSB

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

34But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

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