Leviticus 19:12

Brenton's Septuagint

And ye shall not swear unjustly by my name, and ye shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

King James Version
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
and you shall not swear falsely in my name, and so one of you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

New Century Version
You must not make a false promise by my name, or you will show that you don't respect your God. I am the Lord .

New English Translation
You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord .

Amplified Bible
'You shall not swear [an oath] falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
'And you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

Contemporary English Version
Do not misuse my name by making promises you don't intend to keep. I am the Lord your God.

Complete Jewish Bible
Do not swear by my name falsely, which would be profaning the name of your God; I am Adonai .

Darby Translation
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
You must not use my name to make false promises. If you do that, you will show that you don't respect the name of your God. I am the Lord !

English Standard Version
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not swear by my name falsely and so profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

Good News Translation
Do not make a promise in my name if you do not intend to keep it; that brings disgrace on my name. I am the Lord your God.

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God; I am the Lord.

Literal Translation
And you shall not swear by My name to a falsehood; nor shall you pollute the name of your God; I am Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name, & so to vnhalowe the name of thy God: for I am the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall not swear by My name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
And ye shall not sweare by my Name falsly, neither shalt thou prophane the Name of thy God: I am the Lord.

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

Berean Standard Bible
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not forswere in my name, nethir thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.

Update Bible Version
And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and [thus] you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

World English Bible
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

New King James Version
And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

New Living Translation
"Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the Lord .

New Life Bible
Do not lie when you make a promise in My name, and so put the name of your God to shame. I am the Lord.

New Revised Standard
And you shall not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God: I am the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Nor swear by my name falsely, - And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.

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

THE MESSAGE
"Don't swear falsely using my name, violating the name of your God. I am God .

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour. ¹² And ye shall not swear unjustly by my name, and ye shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God. ¹³ Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour. ¹⁶ Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord your God. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account. ¹⁸ And thy hand shall not avenge thee; and thou shalt not be angry with the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; I am the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye shall: Leviticus 6:3, Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11, Psalms 15:4, Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 7:9, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:34, James 5:12

profane: Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 24:11, Leviticus 24:15, Leviticus 24:16, Ezekiel 36:20-23

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:3 - swear Leviticus 21:6 - profane Leviticus 22:2 - that they profane not Deuteronomy 6:13 - shalt swear Joshua 2:17 - General Isaiah 48:1 - not in truth Jeremiah 5:2 - though Jeremiah 34:16 - polluted Zechariah 5:3 - sweareth

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter thou and all thy family into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save thine own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps thou be overtaken together with them.

Genesis 19:22
Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.

Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor.

Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these stubborn men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, lest ye be consumed with them in all their sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely,.... Or "to a falsehood" x, to any of the above cases; as that a man has not the deposit of another's in his hands, when he has; or that such a man owes him so much money, when he does not, or any other false thing. Stealing, dealing falsely, lying, and false swearing, are mentioned together, as following one another, and as tending to lead on, the one to the other, as Jarchi observes;

"if thou stealest, this will lead thee on to deal falsely, and then to lie, and after that to swear;''

and who further remarks, because it may be thought a man is guilty only because of the proper name (of God he may swear by); therefore to comprehend all the surnames (or epithets of God, such as gracious, merciful, c.) it is said, "ye shall not swear by, my name falsely": every name which is mine, by which he is called and so Gersom, any epithet or attribute of his, or any word or phrase by which he is described, as he that made the heavens, or that dwelleth in the heavens, or liveth for ever and ever, and the like; and the word being of the plural number, ye shall not swear, takes in, as Aben Ezra thinks, him that causes to swear, as well as him that swears:

neither shall thou profane the name of thy God: through swearing falsely by it, or through any rash or vain oath in common conversation; not only perjury in a court of judicature, but all profane oaths, curses, and imprecations are forbidden, as breaches of the third command, which this refers to; :-:

I [am] the Lord; whose name is holy, and who can and will revenge every abuse of it in a profane way, and to the injury of men.

x לשקר "ad fallaciam ullam", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 19:11 forbids injuries perpetrated by craft; Leviticus 19:13, those perpetrated by violence or power, the conversion of might into right. In Leviticus 19:13 “defraud” should rather be, oppress.