New Revised Standard Version
or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Contemporary English Version
The earth is God's footstool, so don't swear by the earth. Jerusalem is the city of the great king, so don't swear by it.

New American Bible
nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

the earth.

Psalm 99:5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it is holy.

the city.

2 Chronicles 6:6 But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.

Psalm 48:2 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.

Psalm 87:2 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Malachi 1:14 Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

Revelation 21:2,10 And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. . . .