Verse 7
Exodus 20:7
Geneva Bible
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Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God (Elohim) in vaine: for the Lord will not hold him guiltles that taketh his Name in vayne.
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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Then God (Elohim) spake all these wordes, saying,
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I am the Lord thy God (Elohim), which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house o...
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Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.
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Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, nei...
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Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God (Elohim), a ielous...
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6
And shewing mercie vnto thousandes to them that loue me, and keepe my commandemets.
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7
Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God (Elohim) in vaine: for the Lord will not hold him g...
8
Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.
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9
Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
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10
But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God (Elohim): in it thou shalt not do any worke,...
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11
For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rest...
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12
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy...
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13
Thou shalt not kill.
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14
Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
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15
Thou shalt not steale.
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16
Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
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17
Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nor his man...
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18
And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, and the sound of the trumpet, and the moun...
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19
And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God (Elohim) talke with vs,...
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20
Then Moses sayde vnto the people, Feare not: for God (Elohim) is come to proue you, and that his fea...
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21
So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God (Elohim) was.
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And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I...
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23
Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.
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24
An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peac...
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But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou l...
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Neither shalt thou goe vp by steppes vnto mine altar, that thy filthines be not discouered thereon.
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