The one whose opponent is not trusted to swear, how so? No matter whether [he had falsely sworn] an oath of a testimony, or an oath of deposit, or even a vain oath; [or if] one of them was a dice-player, or one who lends on interest, or [they were] pi-geon flyers, or Sheviis-merchants —- his opponent swears and collects. [If] they were both suspect —- the oath returns to its place; [these are] the words of R' Yose. R' Meir says: They divide.

The storekeeper over his account book, how so? Not that he says to him, “It is written in my account book that you owe me two hundred zuz.” Rather, he said to him, “Give my sons two seahs of wheat,” [or] “Give my workers a sela's worth of maos.” [If] he [now] says, “I gave,” but they say, “We did not collect” —- he swears and collects, and they swear and collect. Said Ben Nannas: How can these come to a vain oath and these come to a vain oath? Rather, he collects without an oath, and they col-lect without an oath.