Matthew 5:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”
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“or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 5:35 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 99:5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- Malachi 1:14“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 the nations.
- Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:10And 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,
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