A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Deuteronomy 25:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. Common English Bible Don’t have two different types of money weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less. |
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,
You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, large and small.