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so help me God en · X

Meanings

1. Used as an oath, a promise that an action will be carried out
   • He came up close and kneeling gently down He said, "My love, my dearest Alison, So help me God, I never again will hit You, love; and if I did, you asked for it. 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath's Prologue”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977:
   • At approximately 2:40 p.m. Central Standard Time Malcolm Kilduff held a dictating machine in front of us (a tape recorder was not available) and I repeated the oath of office after Judge Hughes: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God. 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
   • I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved. 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
   • “You try it Mister, and so help me God I will make sure you spend the rest of your non-adult life bouncing off the mattressy walls of a psych ward.” 2008, James Slater, Like Phosphorescent Desert Buttons, page 98:

Forms

Relateds

there but for the grace of God go I

Translations (22)

cmn 千真万确 (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · fi Jumala minua varjelkoon (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · sh da mi Bog pomogne (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · it che Dio mi aiuti (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · grc οὕτω νῦν Ζεὺς θείη (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · bg Бог да ми е на по́мощ (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · ang swā helpe mē God (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · it in Dio confido (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · cmn 願上帝保佑我 /愿上帝保佑我 (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · es que Dios me ayude (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · ro așa să-mi ajute Dumnezeu (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · de so wahr mir Gott helfe (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · fr que Dieu me vienne en aide (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · ru да помо́жет мне бо́г (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · pt que Deus me ajude (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · ru кляну́сь (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · nl zo waarlijk helpe mij God Almachtig (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · cmn 我敢斷言，千真萬確 /我敢断言 (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · pl tak mi dopomóż Bóg (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · sv på heder och samvete (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · la medius fidius (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out) · hu Isten engem úgy segéljen (phrase used as a promise that an action will be carried out)