Exodus 20:7

Exodus chapter 20 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.6and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

v.7This passage

v.8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 5:11

    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.

  • Hebrews 6:16

    For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

  • Psalms 50:14

    Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;

  • Jeremiah 4:2

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

  • Leviticus 24:11

    and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

  • 2 Samuel 21:1

    And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.