Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
KJV
Non habebis in sacculo diversa pondera, majus et minus :
Vulgate
Οὐκ ἔσται σοι ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ στάθμιον καὶ στάθμιον, μέγα ἢ μικρόν·
LXX
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
ASV
לֹֽא יִהְיֶ֥ה לְ/ךָ֛ בְּ/כִֽיסְ/ךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָ/אָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּ/קְטַנָּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ֖
k
noun · 6×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2409Even if it does not contradict the provisions of civil law, any form of unjustly taking and keeping the property of others is against the seventh commandment: thus, deliberate retention of goods lent or of objects lost; business fraud; paying unjust wages; forcing up prices by taking advantage of the ignorance or hardship of another.191 The following are also morally illicit: s…
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
- Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Lev 19:36 — Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.