Deuteronomy 25:13
What does Deuteronomy 25:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 25:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- Amos 8:5
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
- Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Micah 6:11
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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