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Source language
Original Greek   
μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ⸂ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν⸃.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
mete en te kephale sou omoses, oti ou dunasai mian trikha leuken [?]poiesai e melainan[?].

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
neque per caput tuum iuraveris quia non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
New King James Version   
Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
21st Century King James Version   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Neither shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make in it a certain hair black or white.
Darby Bible Translation   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
God's Word   
And don't swear an oath by your head. After all, you cannot make one hair black or white.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
International Standard Version   
Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
NET Bible   
Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
New American Standard Bible   
"Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
New International Version   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
New Living Translation   
Do not even say, 'By my head!' for you can't turn one hair white or black.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Weymouth New Testament   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
The World English Bible   
Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do not use the words “by my head” to make a promise. You cannot make the colour of even one of your hairs black or white.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
New Life Version   
Do not promise by your head. You are not able to make one hair white or black.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
The Voice Bible   
You cannot even say that you swear by your own head, for God has dominion over your hands, your lips, your head. It is He who determines if your hair be straight or curly, white or black; it is He who rules over even this small scrap of creation.
Living Bible   
Don’t even swear ‘By my head!’ for you can’t turn one hair white or black.
New Catholic Bible   
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot turn one hair of it white or black.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Christian Standard Bible   
Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.
New Century Version   
Don’t even swear by your own head, because you cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.
The Message   
“And don’t say anything you don’t mean. This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions. You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, ‘I’ll pray for you,’ and never doing it, or saying, ‘God be with you,’ and not meaning it. You don’t make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
And do not swear by your own head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Nor shall you take an oath by · your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
New Matthew Bible   
Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
Good News Translation®   
Do not even swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Wycliffe Bible   
neither thou shalt swear by thine head, for thou mayest not make one hair white, or black;
New Testament for Everyone   
don’t swear by your head (you can’t make one hair of it turn white or black!).
Contemporary English Version   
Don't swear by your own head. You cannot make one hair white or black.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“Again, you have heard that the people in the old days were told—‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord’, but I say to you, don’t use an oath at all. Don’t swear by Heaven for it is God’s throne, nor by the earth for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great king. No, and don’t swear by your own head, for you cannot make a single hair—white or black! Whatever you have to say let your ‘yes’ be a plain ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ a plain ‘no’—anything more than this has a taint of evil.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Common English Bible © 2011   
And you must not pledge by your head, because you can’t turn one hair white or black.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
New American Standard Bible   
Nor shall you take an oath by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
The Expanded Bible   
Don’t even swear by your own head, because you cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.
Tree of Life Version   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Revised Standard Version   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
New International Reader's Version   
And do not make a promise in your own name. You can’t make even one hair of your head white or black.
BRG Bible   
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Complete Jewish Bible   
And don’t swear by your head, because you can’t make a single hair white or black.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Do not make a promise by your head, because you cannot make one hair of your head white or black.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Neither are you to swear by your rosh, for you are not able to make one hair turn white or black.
Names of God Bible   
And don’t swear an oath by your head. After all, you cannot make one hair black or white.
Modern English Version   
Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
Easy-to-Read Version   
And don’t even say that your own head is proof that you will keep your promise. You cannot make one hair on your head white or black.
International Children’s Bible   
And don’t even say that your own head is proof that you will keep your oath. You cannot make one hair on your head become white or black.
Lexham English Bible   
And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
New International Version - UK   
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
nor may you swear-with-an-oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.