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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.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God;
International Standard Version
"You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God. I am LORD.
American Standard Version
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Amplified
You shall not swear [an oath] falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
Darby Translation
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not swear in my name for falsehood, and profane the name of thy God: I Jehovah.
King James 2000
And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you shall not swear {falsely} in my name, and so [one of] you profane the name of your God; I [am] Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not swear by My name falsely; nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye shall not swear by my name falsely, that thou defilest not the name of thy God; I am the LORD.
NET Bible
You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Nor swear by my name falsely, - And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I am Jehovah.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 19:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Dealing Honestly
11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another. 12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord. 13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:7
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
Leviticus 18:21
And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 6:3
Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
Deuteronomy 5:11
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.
James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
Leviticus 24:11
And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Leviticus 24:15-16
And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
Jeremiah 4:2
And you will take your oath, By the living Lord, in good faith and wisdom and righteousness; and the nations will make use of you as a blessing, and in you will they take a pride.
Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
Ezekiel 36:20-23
And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.
Zechariah 5:4
And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
Matthew 5:33-34
Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: