Deuteronomy 25:13

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

11Perhaps two men are fighting each other. The wife of one of them comes to help him. She tries to save him from his enemy who is attacking him. Perhaps she takes hold of the man's sex parts. 12If she does that, you must cut off her hand as punishment. Do not be sorry for her. Do not try to cheat people when you weigh or measure things. Do not carry with you two different stone weights, one light one and one heavy one. 14Do not keep in your house two different bowls to measure things, one big one and one small one. 15You must keep true and honest weights. You must have bowls that measure things correctly. If you do that you will live for a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you.

Deuteronomy 25:13 word by word

לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not have in thy bagכִּיסkîys · purseH3599
• divers weightsאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and a smallקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:13

• Leviticus 19:35They must be fair when they measure length or weight or size.
• Proverbs 11:1The Lord hates traders who do not use true weights. He is happy when they are honest and they use true weights.
• Proverbs 16:11The Lord wants people to use true weights and measures. He knows all the weights that a trader uses.
• Proverbs 20:10If people use false weights and measures, the Lord hates anything like that.
• Ezekiel 45:10You must use correct measures for size and for weight.
• Amos 8:5You say to yourselves, ‘We want the new moon festival to finish so that we can sell food again. We want our Sabbath day of rest to finish so that we can sell grain.’ But when you sell things, you cheat the people who buy from you. You deceive them with false weights, and you make the price too high.
• Micah 6:11I will not excuse you people who use false weights. You are not being honest if you weigh things like that.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:13

• Abomination
• Dishonesty
• Honesty
• Measure
• Weights

In the dictionaries

• Bag
• Beat
• Exceed
• Hindmost
• Muzzle
• Stripe
• Atonement, Day of
• Balance
• Criticism
• Divers; Diverse; Diversities

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