Exodus 20:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:12 : 12 `And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
  • Heb 6:16-17 : 16 for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath, 17 in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,
  • Ps 50:14-16 : 14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows. 15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me. 16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who `is' Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
  • Lev 24:11-16 : 11 and the son of the Israelitish woman execrateth the Name, and revileth; and they bring him in unto Moses; and his mother's name `is' Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan; 12 and he causeth him to rest in charge -- to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 14 `Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. 15 `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin; 16 and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.
  • Deut 5:11 : 11 `Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.
  • Matt 23:16-22 : 16 `Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor! 17 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? 18 `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor! 19 Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? 20 `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it; 21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; 22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.
  • Matt 5:33-37 : 33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; 34 but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God, 35 nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king, 36 nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; 37 but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 `Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear.
  • Josh 2:12 : 12 `And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,
  • Josh 2:17 : 17 And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:
  • Josh 9:20 : 20 this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'
  • 2 Sam 21:1-2 : 1 And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.' 2 And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they `are' not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --
  • 1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou `art', and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

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    91%

    7`Thou hast no other gods in My presence.

    8`Thou dost not make to thee a graven image, any similitude which `is' in the heavens above, and which `is' in the earth beneath, and which `is' in the waters under the earth;

    9thou dost not bow thyself to them nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God `am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on a third `generation', and on a fourth, to those hating Me;

    10and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.

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  • Exod 20:8-17
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    8`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

    9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

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    12`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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    14`Thou dost not commit adultery.

    15`Thou dost not steal.

    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

    17`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which `is' thy neighbour's.'

  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

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    3`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

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    5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, `am' a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third `generation', and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

    6and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

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    31and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I `am' Jehovah;

    32and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying you,

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  • Exod 23:13
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    13and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.

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    4`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;

  • Deut 6:13
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    17`Thou dost not murder.

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    4`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name `is' Zealous, is a zealous God.

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  • Lev 18:20-21
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    72%

    20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

    21`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Josh 23:7
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    7so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

  • Lev 24:15
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    15`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin;

  • Ps 139:20
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    20Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity `are' Thine enemies.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

  • Deut 23:21
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  • Deut 10:20
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    20`Jehovah thy God thou dost fear, Him thou dost serve, and to Him thou dost cleave, and by His name thou dost swear.

  • Exod 22:28
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    28`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

  • Ezek 20:20
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