Exodus 20:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. For the Lord will not hold harmless one who takes the name of the Lord his God falsely.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

Exodus 20:7 Cross References

Genesis 27:20

And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Psalm 139:20

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

Jeremiah 34:16

but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

Jeremiah 4:2

and thou shalt swear, As the LORD liveth, in truth, in judgement, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Ezekiel 39:7

And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I suffer my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Leviticus 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.

Deuteronomy 5:11

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.

Deuteronomy 6:13

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgement.

Joshua 2:12

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token:

Joshua 2:17

And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.