Leviticus 19:12

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

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

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

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 .

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, - nor deceive nor lie one man to another; ¹² Nor swear by my name falsely, - And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh. ¹³ Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob him , - The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, Nor, before the blind, place a stumbling-block, - So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God I, am Yahweh. ¹⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great, - In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour. ¹⁶ Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, - Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him in sin: ¹⁸ Thou shalt not take vengeance neither shalt thou cherish anger against the sons of thy people, So shalt thou love thy neighbour as thyself, - I, am Yahweh.

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 Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark, - for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.

Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.

Genesis 19:23
When, the sun, had come forth on the earth, Lot had entered into Zoar.

Numbers 16:26
And he spake unto the assembly, saying - Remove I pray you from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them, - lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.

Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, That they may revere me, all the days, - For the good of them and of their children after them;

2 Peter 2:7
And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued -

2 Peter 2:9
Then the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; -

Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying - Come forth, my people, out of her, - that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;

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.