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Standard Weights and Measures

Deuteronomy 25:13

In 11 translations

BSB
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
KJV
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.divers…: Heb. a stone and a stone
WEB
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
ASV
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
LSV
You do not have [both] a great stone and a small stone in your bag.
YLT
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
DBY
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
DRC
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
GNV
Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,
JPS
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
LXXE
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.Gr. or.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Οὐκ ἔσται σοι ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ σου στάθμιον καὶ στάθμιον, μέγα ἢ μικρόν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
  • Amos 8:5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
  • Leviticus 19:35–37You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You…
  • Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
  • Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
  • Micah 6:11–12Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
  • Ezekiel 45:10–11You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the…

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