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Hebrews 6:17

NETBible	In the same way¹ God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable,² and so he intervened with an oath,
NIV © biblegateway Heb 6:17	Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
NASB © biblegateway Heb 6:17	In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,
NLT © biblegateway Heb 6:17	God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
MSG © biblegateway Heb 6:17	When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee--
BBE © SABDAweb Heb 6:17	So that when it was God’s desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
NRSV © bibleoremus Heb 6:17	In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,
NKJV © biblegateway Heb 6:17	Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
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KJV	Wherein <1722> <3739> God <2316>_, willing <1014> (5740) more abundantly <4054> to shew <1925> (5658) unto the heirs <2818> of promise <1860> the immutability <276> of his <846> counsel <1012>_, confirmed <3315> (5656) [it] by an oath <3727>_: {confirmed...: Gr. interposed himself by}
NASB © biblegateway Heb 6:17	In the same <3739> way God <2316> , desiring <1014> even <4053> more <4053> to show <1925> to the heirs <2818> of the promise <1860> the unchangeableness <276> of His purpose <1012> , interposed <3315> with an oath <3727> ,
NET [draft] ITL	In <1722> the same way God <2316> wanted <1014> to demonstrate <1925> more clearly <4054> to the heirs <2818> of the promise <1860> that his <846> purpose <1012> was unchangeable <276> , and so he intervened <3315> with an oath <3727> ,
GREEK	en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSM perissoteron <4054> A-NSN-C boulomenov <1014> (5740) V-PNP-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM epideixai <1925> (5658) V-AAN toiv <3588> T-DPM klhronomoiv <2818> N-DPM thv <3588> T-GSF epaggeliav <1860> N-GSF to <3588> T-ASN ametayeton <276> A-ASN thv <3588> T-GSF boulhv <1012> N-GSF autou <846> P-GSM emesiteusen <3315> (5656) V-AAI-3S orkw <3727> N-DSM

NETBible

In the same way¹ God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable,² and so he intervened with an oath,

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “in which.”

²tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”