Matthew 5:37
King James Version (KJV)
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
In context
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:37 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from 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.