And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Si tu jures: L'Eternel est vivant! Avec vérité, avec droiture et avec justice, Alors les nations seront bénies en lui, Et se glorifieront en lui.
KJV
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Origen
Fragmenta In Lamentationes (In Catenis de Prophetis)
συντετριμ- μένοι οἳ οὐ δύνανται στέγειν<. ὅθεν εἰκότως ἐκχέονται περὶ πλάνην ἀωρὶ στένοντες. Klagel. Jerem. 4, 2. Οἱ κομῶντες ἐπὶ πλούτῳ , φησίν, ἢ καὶ χρυσίου τιμιώτεροι πῶς οὔτω τοῖς εὐτελέσι καὶ συντριβομένοις ἀπαχθέντες εἰς δουλείαν εἰκάσθησαν; ἔφη δὲ τούτοις αὐτοὺς ἀπεικάζεσ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
be associated with an oath any more than with other human actions. On the contrary, It is written ( Jer. 4:2 ): "Thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice": which words Jerome expounds, saying: "Observe that an oath must be accompanied by the…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
m falsehood. Consequently falsehood is essential to perjury. Reply to Objection 1: As Jerome says on Jer. 4:2, "whichever of these three be lacking, there is perjury," but in different order. For first and chiefly perjury consists in a lack of truth, for the reason stated in the…
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