KJV
17. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:



KJV
17. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:

AMP
17. Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath.

KJVP
17. Wherein G1722 PREP God G2316 N-NSM , willing G1014 V-PNP-NSM more abundantly G4054 A-NSN-C to show G1925 V-AAN unto the G3588 T-DPM heirs G2818 N-DPM of promise G1860 N-GSF the G3588 T-ASN immutability G276 A-ASN of G3588 T-GSF his G3588 T-GSF counsel G1012 N-GSF , confirmed G3315 V-AAI-3S [ it ] by an oath G3727 N-DSM :

YLT
17. in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

ASV
17. Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

WEB
17. 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;

NASB
17. So when God wanted to give the heirs of his promise an even clearer demonstration of the immutability of his purpose, he intervened with an oath,

ESV
17. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,

RV
17. Wherein God, being minded to shew more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath:

RSV
17. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,

NKJV
17. Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath,

MKJV
17. In this way desiring to declare more fully to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, God interposed by an oath,

AKJV
17. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

NRSV
17. In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,

NIV
17. Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

NIRV
17. So God took an oath when he made his promise. He wanted to make it very clear that his purpose does not change. He wanted those who would receive what was promised to know that.

NLT
17. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

MSG
17. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee--

GNB
17. To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.

NET
17. In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

ERVEN
17. God wanted to prove that his promise was true. He wanted to prove this to those who would get what he promised. He wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by adding an oath.