Leviticus 19:12
Thou shalt not swear falsely by my name, nor profane the name of thy God. I am the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Non perjurabis in nomine meo, nec pollues nomen Dei tui. Ego Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οὐκ ὀμεῖσθε τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπ᾽ ἀδίκῳ, καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσετε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְלֹֽא תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ בִשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛ אֶת שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Profane. No greater indignity can be offered to God, than to solicit Him, as it were, to assist us in doing evil, by attesting falsehood. (Philo)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.