non enim iurantium est virtus sed peccantium poena perambulat semper in iniustorum praevaricationem

For it is not the power of the things by which men swear but the just punishment reserved for those who sin that always overtakes the transgression of the wicked.

For it is not the power of the things by which people swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.

When unrighteous people commit sin, they will be hunted down, not by the power of whatever thing they swear by, but by the punishment that sinners deserve.

For why an oath is not virtue, but the pain of sinners goeth forth (for)ever(more), into the breaking of just things. [Forsooth of men swearing the oath is not virtue, but the pain of sinners through goeth evermore, into the law breaking of rightwise things.]

For it is not the power of the things by which men swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.

For it is not the power of the things by which people swear but the just penalty for those who sin that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.

For it is not the power of the things by which people swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.

It isn’t the power of the things by which they made these solemn pledges but justice that will pursue them until it punishes them for doing wrong.

For it is not the might of those by whom they swear, but the just retribution of sinners, that ever follows upon the transgression of the wicked.

For it is not the power of the things by which men swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.

For it is not the power of the things by which people swear, but the just penalty for those who sin, that always pursues the transgression of the unrighteous.