Leviticus 19:35
What does Leviticus 19:35 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 19:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do not any unjust thing in judgment, in rule, in weight, or in measure.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
Context
v.34The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
v.35This passage
v.36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
- Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- Ezekiel 22:12
In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 25:15
A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
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