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Deuteronomy 25:13
13“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
Deuteronomy 25:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
Context of Deuteronomy 25:13
11“If [two] men, a man and his countryman, are fighting and the wife of one approaches to rescue her husband from the man who is striking him, and she reaches out with her hand and grabs the aggressor’s genitals, 12then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity [for her]. “You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others]. 14You shall not have in your house inaccurate measures, a large and a small. 15You shall have a perfect (full) and just weight, and a perfect and just measure, so that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Read all of Deuteronomy 25Deuteronomy 25:13 word by word
לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:13
- Leviticus 19:35‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance and dishonest business practices are extremely offensive to the Lord, But an accurate scale is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures, Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
- Ezekiel 45:10“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].
- Amos 8:5saying, “When will the New Moon [festival] be over 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,
- Micah 6:11Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Divers weights - ואבן אבן eben vaaben, a stone and a stone, because the weights were anciently made of stone, and some had two sets of stones, a light and a heavy. With the latter they bought their wares, by the former they sold them. In our own country this was once a common case; smooth, round, or oval stones were generally chosen by the simple country people for selling their wares, especially such as were sold in pounds and half pounds. And hence the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 Honesty in trade, as a duty to our neighbor, is emphatically enforced once more (compare Leviticus 19:35-36). It is noteworthy that John the Baptist puts the like duties in the forefront of his preaching (compare Luke 3:12 ff); and that “the prophets” (compare Ezekiel 45:10-12; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11) and “the Psalms” Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23, not less than “the Law,” especially insist on them. Deuteronomy 25:13 Divers…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 Dishonest gain always brings a curse on men's property, families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and forsake their sins, and put away evil things, that they may not be condemned of the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14You shall not have two differing weights … one large and one small (Hebrew you must not have stone and stone, large and small, … ephah and ephah, large and small): Merchants should not use two sets of weights and measures to cheat customers. They should not use a heavier weight when buying goods to pay less or a lighter one when selling to earn more.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. Thou shalt not have ... divers weights--Weights were anciently made of stone and are frequently used still by Eastern shopkeepers and traders, who take them out of the bag and put them in the balance. The man who is not cheated by the trader and his bag of divers weights must be blessed with more acuteness than most of his fellows [Roberts]. (Compare Pr 16:11; 20:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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