Hebrews 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.In other versions
For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
ASV
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
BBE
For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
DBY
For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
WEB
for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,
YLT
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
ENG
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.
WBT
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
BSB
In context
14Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: