Parallel Verses
Amplified
“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Holman Bible
“You must not have two different weights
International Standard Version
"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Bible in Basic English
Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Julia Smith Translation
There shall not be to thee in thy receptacle a stone and a stone, great and small.
King James 2000
You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a great and a small.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner weights, a great and a small:
NET Bible
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, - a great and a small.
Webster
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small:
World English Bible
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Unjust weights and measures
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of giving just weights
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Virtues » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Weights » Troy weights a gerah = 1/50 oz » 10 gerahs = 1 bekah = 1/5 oz
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 25:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
12 then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity [for her]. 13 “You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others]. 14 You shall not have in your house inaccurate measures, a large and a small.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
But an accurate scale is His delight.
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
Amos 8:5
saying,
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
Leviticus 19:35-37
‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,
Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
Ezekiel 45:10-11
“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].
Micah 6:11-12
“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales
And a bag of dishonest weights?