Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Deuteronomy 25:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the Lord your God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God. American Standard Version (1901) For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. Common English Bible What’s more, all who do such things, all who do business dishonestly, are detestable to the LORD your God. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things: and he hateth all injustice. |
Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Differing weights are detestable to the Lord, and dishonest scales are unfair.
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked?
Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts.
‘A woman is not to wear male clothing, and a man is not to put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord your God.
‘Remember what the Amalekites did to you on the journey after you left Egypt.
This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.
Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.