Hebrews 6:17 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
World English Bible (WEB)
In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,
| it | ἐν | en | ane |
| ᾧ | hō | oh | |
| Wherein | περισσότερον | perissoteron | pay-rees-SOH-tay-rone |
| abundantly | βουλόμενος | boulomenos | voo-LOH-may-nose |
| more | ὁ | ho | oh |
| willing | θεὸς | theos | thay-OSE |
| God, to | ἐπιδεῖξαι | epideixai | ay-pee-THEE-ksay |
| shew the | τοῖς | tois | toos |
| unto | κληρονόμοις | klēronomois | klay-roh-NOH-moos |
| heirs | τῆς | tēs | tase |
| promise | ἐπαγγελίας | epangelias | ape-ang-gay-LEE-as |
| of | τὸ | to | toh |
| the | ἀμετάθετον | ametatheton | ah-may-TA-thay-tone |
| immutability | τῆς | tēs | tase |
| counsel, | βουλῆς | boulēs | voo-LASE |
| of | αὐτοῦ | autou | af-TOO |
| his | ἐμεσίτευσεν | emesiteusen | ay-may-SEE-tayf-sane |
| confirmed by an oath: | ὅρκῳ | horkō | ORE-koh |