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James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “under judgment” (ὑπὸ κρίσιν) before you may here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into hypocrisy” (εἴς ὑπὸκρίσιν) before you may here.

Πρὸproaboveπρόpreposition — “above”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.aboveπάντωνpantōnall thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “all things”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all thingsδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.butἀδελφοίadelphoibrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὀμνύετεomnueteto swearὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “to swear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.This verse uses “swear”.μήτεmēteneitherμήτεconjunction — “neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανὸνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.μήτεmēteneitherμήτεconjunction — “neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.μήτεmēteneitherμήτεconjunction — “neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.ἄλλονallonanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “another”, the object formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.τινὰtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ὅρκονhorkonoathὅρκος (horkos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “oath”, the object formG3727an oath.ἤτωētōletεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active imperative, 3rd person singular — “let”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.letδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμῶνhumōnyourσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “your”, the of-formG4771you.yourτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.Ναὶnaiyeaναίparticle — “yea”G3483yes, certainly, even so.yeaναὶnaiyeaναίparticle — “yea”G3483yes, certainly, even so.yeaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.Οὒouyour nayοὔparticle — “your nay”G3756no, not.your nayοὔounayοὔparticle — “nay”G3756no, not.nayἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ὑπὸhupointoὑπόpreposition — “into”G5259by, under, about.intoκρίσινkrisincondemnationκρίσις (krisis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “condemnation”, the object formG2920judging, judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation.condemnationπέσητεpesēteto collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.

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εἴςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.ὑπὸκρίσινhupokrisincondemnationὑπόκρισις (hupokrisis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “condemnation”, the object formG5272(lit: stage-playing), a response, answer, hypocrisy, dissembling.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

Young’s Literal Translation

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

World English Bible

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

Darby Translation

But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

Douay-Rheims

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be, yea, yea: no, no: that you fall not under judgment.

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