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Urban Legends of the Old Testament surveys forty of the most commonly misinterpreted passages in the Old Testament. These “urban legends” often arise because interpreters neglect a passage’s context, misuse historical background information, or misunderstand the original language of the text. With a pastoral tone and helpful explanations of where the error originally occurred, authors David A....

reverence, in a way that trivializes it. Some translations have “misuse” (CSB, NIV) instead of “vain.” Misuse seems to be a little closer to the meaning in this context and avoids the vagueness of the word vain. The word can also refer to falsehood or lying. It does not appear that the verse is simply referring to a tone of voice or a use of the word in a particular expression. Nor does it reference blasphemy (speaking sacrilegiously against God) or profanity. Exodus 20:7 does not forbid misusing
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