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Deuteronomy 5:11 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 5 · verse 11
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.Deuteronomy 5:11 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:11 in context
9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
10And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
11Thou 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.
12Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
13Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
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Key words (Strong's)
- guiltlessnâqâhto be cleanH5352 →
- takenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- vainshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is the repetition of the ten commandments, in which observe, 1. Though they had been spoken before, and written, yet they are again rehearsed; for precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, and all little enough to keep the word of God in our minds and to preserve and renew the impressions of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-22