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In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is: Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
1. "Do to others as you would have them do to you." — Luke 6:31 2. "I can do all this through him who gives me strength." — Philippians 4:13
"Thou shalt not take the name of the L ORD thy God in vain" (KJV; also "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God" and variants, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שֵׁם-יהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא, romanized: Lōʾ t̲iśśāʾ ʾet̲-šēm-YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵā laššāwəʾ ) is the second or third (depending on numbering) of God's ...
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L ORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing ...
"Train in Vain" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, London Calling (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album.
The Greek word translated as "vain repetitions" is βατταλογήσητε (battalogein). This word is unknown outside this verse, appearing in no other literature contemporaneous with the text. It may be linked to the Greek term for "babbling", or be derived from the Hebrew batel, meaning "vain".
The Hebrew Bible contains a number of prohibitions against false witness, lying, spreading false reports, etc. [9] For a person who had a charge brought against them and were brought before a religious prosecution, the charge was considered as established only on the evidence of two or three sworn witnesses. [10]
The word translated as fool is the Greek moros, which has a similar meaning to the Aramaic reka. However moros also was used to mean godless, and thus could be much more severe a term than reka. The reading of godless can explain why the punishment is more severe. [11] Jesus uses the term himself in Matthew 23:17 when he is deriding the Pharisees.