Leviticus 19:12

Douay-Rheims Bible

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

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 .

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

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 You shall not steal. You shall not lie: neither shall any man deceive his neighbour. ¹² Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord. ¹³ Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppress him by violence. The wages of him that hath been hired by thee shall not abide with thee until the morning. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not speak evil of the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind: but thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, because I am the Lord. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice. ¹⁶ Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him. ¹⁸ Seek not revenge, nor be mindful of the injury of thy citizens. Thou shalt love thy friend 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 said to him: Go in, thou and all thy house, into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.

Genesis 19:14
So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.

Genesis 19:17
And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

Genesis 19:22
Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.

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

Numbers 16:26
He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be involved in their sins.

Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days: and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them.

2 Peter 2:7
And delivered just Lot, oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked:

2 Peter 2:9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented:

Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues.

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.