Matthew 5:37
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
In context
35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
37 Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Matthew 5:37 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
- KJV King James Version
- But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- WEB World English Bible
- But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.