Verse 7
Exodus 20:7
Young's Literal Translation
7
'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God (Elohim) for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת שֵֽׁם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ לַ/שָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת שְׁמ֖/וֹ לַ/שָּֽׁוְא
English Translation
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
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Chapter 20 Context
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'And God (Elohim) speaketh all these words, saying,
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I [am] Jehovah thy God (Elohim), who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of s...
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'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.
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'Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or w...
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Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God (Elohim), [am] a zealous G...
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and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
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'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God (Elohim) for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth...
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'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;
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six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
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and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God (Elohim); thou dost not do any work, thou, and...
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for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and re...
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12
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy Go...
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'Thou dost not murder.
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14
'Thou dost not commit adultery.
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'Thou dost not steal.
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'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
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'Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or...
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18
And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the moun...
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and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God (Elohim) speak with us, lest w...
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And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God (Elohim) come, and in order that...
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And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God (Elohim)...
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that f...
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ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
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'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy...
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'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy too...
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neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.
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