Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,.... This also was a common form of swearing among the Jews: take a few instances.
"If anyone is bound to his friend by an oath, and says to him, vow unto me ,…
Barnes' Notes
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head - This was a common oath. The Gentiles also used this oath. To swear by the head was the same as to swear by the life; or to say, I will forfeit my life if what I…
We have here an exposition of the third commandment, which we are the more concerned right to understand, because it is particularly said, that God will not hold him guiltless, however he may hold…
Cambridge Bible
by thy head A common form of oath in the ancient world: cp. "Per caput hoc juro per quod pater ante solebat." Verg. Æn.