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OET (OET-LV) not you_must_take DOM the_name of_YHWH god_your in_the_vain if/because not he_will_leave_unpunished YHWH DOM [one]_who he_will_take DOM his/its_name in_the_vain.
OET (OET-RV) You mustn’t wrongly promote the name of Yahweh your God, because I will not leave anyone unpunished who does that.
תִשָּׂ֛א & יִשָּׂ֥א
take & takes
To lift up, take, or use the name of Yahweh (with emptiness, i.e. improperly) covers many sorts of speaking or invoking his name or making a claim to him or attempting to manipulate him or misrepresenting him. A broad word should be used in translation of this term.
לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
not take DOM name_of YHWH God,your
Alternate translation: “You must not use the name of Yahweh your God”
לַשָּׁ֑וְא & לַשָּֽׁוְא
in_the,vain & in_the,vain
Alternate translation: “carelessly” or “without proper respect”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙
not leave_~_unpunished
If this double negative would be misunderstood in your language, you could translate it as a positive statement. Alternate translation: “I will certainly consider guilty”
20:7 In Hebrew, one’s name connotes nature and character (see study note on 3:13-22). To make the name of God empty (NLT, misuse) is to do anything that makes him appear insignificant or worthless. One way to do this is to invoke his name in an oath we do not mean to keep. But there are other, even more significant ways to bring shame on God’s name (see Num 20:12; Amos 2:7; cp. Matt 6:9).
OET (OET-LV) not you_must_take DOM the_name of_YHWH god_your in_the_vain if/because not he_will_leave_unpunished YHWH DOM [one]_who he_will_take DOM his/its_name in_the_vain.
OET (OET-RV) You mustn’t wrongly promote the name of Yahweh your God, because I will not leave anyone unpunished who does that.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.