Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Holiness. Or by myself , having nothing greater, Hebrews vi. 13. (Calmet)
I will not. Literally, "if I lie "which is a Hebrew idiom, (Berthier) implying as much. (Worthington)
I have sworn irrecoverably, once for all. (Menochius)