Deuteronomy 5:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ “ ‘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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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 falsehood or without purpose.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Do not use the LORD your God’s name as if it were of no significance; the LORD won’t forgive anyone who uses his name that way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ You shall not use the name of the Lord your God in vain. For he will not go unpunished who takes up his name over an unimportant matter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing.

Deuteronomy 5:11 Cross References

Psalm 139:20

men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!

Exodus 20:7

“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.

Jeremiah 4:2

and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”

Hosea 4:2

there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.

Leviticus 19:12

And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 10:20

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him and cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

Deuteronomy 6:13

You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve him, and swear by his name.

James 5:12

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.