Ulangan 5:11

5:11 You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, ¹  for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way. ² 

Ulangan 15:5

15:5 if you carefully obey ³  him ⁴  by keeping ⁵  all these commandments that I am giving ⁶  you today.

Ulangan 31:18

31:18 But I will certainly ⁷  hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they ⁸  will have done by turning to other gods.

Ulangan 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ⁹  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ¹⁰  and upright.

[5:11]  ¹ tn Heb “take up the name of the Lord your God to emptiness”; KJV “take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” The idea here is not cursing or profanity in the modern sense of these terms but rather the use of the divine Name for unholy, mundane purposes, that is, for meaningless (the Hebrew term is שָׁוְא) and empty ends. In ancient Israel this would include using the Lord’s name as a witness in vows one did not intend to keep.

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “who takes up his name to emptiness.”

[15:5]  ³ tn Heb “if listening you listen to the voice of.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “carefully.” The idiom “listen to the voice” means “obey.”

[15:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 15:4.

[15:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “by being careful to do.”

[15:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB); NAB “which I enjoin you today.”

[31:18]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”

[31:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[32:4]  ⁹ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

[32:4]  sn The Hebrew term depicts God as a rocky summit where one may find safety and protection. Within a covenantal context it serves as a reminder to the people that their God has committed himself to their protection in return for their allegiance.

[32:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).