Exodus 20:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Exodus 20:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28 ; Deuteronomy 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 10:4 . It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Com...
Exodus 20:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in (f) vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (f) Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by conde...
Exodus 20:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20-24, 34. The Codes in Exodus. Recent study has by many converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with...
Exodus 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

take the name... in vain . Much more important than the mere mispronunciation of the Name. not hold him guiltless . Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6.
Exodus 20:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 . Thou shalt not take the name. There is a manifest synecdoche in this Commandment; for in order that God may procure for His name its due reverence, He forbids its being take...
Exodus 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain - This precep...
Exodus 20:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain— Our Saviour, who, it must be allowed, was the best expositor of the commandments, has given us ( Matthew 5:33 .) the true meaning of this,...
Exodus 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, х...
Exodus 20:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and...
Exodus 20:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. — The Hebrew is ambiguous, as is to some extent the English translation. Most modern critics regard the phrase used as forbidding false s...
Exodus 20:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Ten Words” Spoken at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17 ; Acts 7:53 . It tells us, not what God is, for that...
Exodus 20:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Exodus 20:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is the third commandment. It were to be devoutly wished, that it were written in the heart by the Spirit of the Lord. Then should we not have so much occasion to lament the profanation of it, as...
Exodus 20:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HOLY NAME ‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.’ Exodus 20:7 Though every feeling of reverence and gratitude bids us use the wondrous name of God with awe and recoll...
Exodus 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain ,.... Make use of the name Lord or God, or any other name and epithet of the divine Being, in a light and trifling way, without any show of rever...
Exodus 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. The Name of the Lord. ] That "holy and reverend" Name; Psa...
Exodus 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The third commandment is concerning the manner of our worship: where we have, 1st, A strict prohibition. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Supposing that, having taken Jeho...
Exodus 20:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delive...
Exodus 20:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ten Commandments. B. C. 1491. 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am th...
Exodus 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, not carry , or not take , or lift up, to wit, in or into thy mouth, as the phrase is more fully expressed, Job 4:2 ; Psalms 16:4 , Psalms 50:16 . So men are said to take up a proverb , or a...
Exodus 20:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:7 . Take in vain.] Rather: “utter loud” (as for the purpose of solemn attestation) “for falsehood,” i.e ., in the service of falsehood, to confirm falsehood. (1.) Th...
Exodus 20:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:7 The name of God stands for Himself and for that which He has revealed of Himself, not for our thoughts about Him. It is not surprising that this great name was invested with a supersti...
Exodus 20:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:1-3 . And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me....
Exodus 20:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:1 . God spake all these words. In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation...
Exodus 20:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. The Third Commandment The name of God stands for Himself and for that which He has revealed of Himself, not for our thoughts about Him....
Exodus 20:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW . Every necessary preparation had now been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified themselves." A wholesome dread of "brea...
Exodus 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decalogue
Exodus 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

take Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 24:11-16 Deuteronomy 5:11 Psalms 50:14-16 Proverbs 30:9 Jeremiah 4:2 Matthew 5:33-37 Matthew 23:16-22 Matthew 26:63 Matthew 26:64 2 Corinthians 1:2...
Exodus 20:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Breaking the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written...
Exodus 20:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The third commandment is concerning the manner of our worship; Where we have, [1.] A strict prohibition. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain — Supposing that, having taken Jeh...

Exodus 20:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 20:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 20:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 20:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes