起誓

Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress

4：9 大卫回答比录人临门的儿子利甲和他兄弟巴拿说，我指着救赎我性命脱离一切苦难之永活的耶和华起誓

David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of all trouble

大卫对比录人临门的儿子利甲和他兄弟巴拿说，我指着救我性命脱离一切苦难，永生的耶和华起誓

Now the men of Israel swore in Mizpah, saying, None of us shall give his daughter to a Benjaminite as a wife.

21：1 以色列人在米斯巴曾起誓说，我们都不将女儿给便雅悯人为妻。

And now there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a terrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I shall not kill you with the sword.

2：8 在你这里有巴户琳的便雅悯人，基拉的儿子示每；我往玛哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的咒诅咒骂我，后来却下约但河迎接我，我就指著耶和华向他起誓说，我必不用刀杀你。

And now there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a terrible curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I shall not kill you with the sword.

2：8 在你这里有巴户琳的便雅悯人，基拉的儿子示每；我往玛哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的咒诅咒骂我，后来却下约但河迎接我，我就指着耶和华向他起誓说，我必不用刀杀你。

The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah:"Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."

以色列人在米斯巴曾起誓说，我们都不将女儿给便雅悯人为妻。

We can't give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.

只是我们不能将自己的女儿给他们为妻。因为以色列人曾起誓说，有将女儿给便雅悯人为妻的，必受咒诅。

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

008 在你这里有巴户琳的便雅悯人，基拉的儿子示每；我往玛哈念去的那日，他用狠毒的言语咒骂我，后来却下约但河迎接我，我就指著耶和华向他起誓说：我必不用刀杀你。

And Achilles answered,"Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his hand upon you, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth- no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost of the Achaeans."

听罢这番话，捷足的阿基琉斯答道：&勇敢些，把神的意思释告我们，不管你知道什么。我要对宙斯钟爱的阿波罗起誓——那位你，卡尔卡斯，只要我还活着，只要还能见到普照大地的阳光，深旷的海船旁就没有人敢对你撒野。没有哪个达奈人敢对你动武，哪怕你指的是阿伽门农，此人现时正自诩为阿开亚人中最好的雄杰！&

Thou art, I vow, the remarkablest progenitor barring none in this chaffering allincluding most farraginous chronicle.

我敢起誓，在包罗万象最为庞杂的烦冗记录中，你是无比出众的繁殖者。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷