Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
KJV
Statera justa, et ephi justum, et batus justus erit vobis.
Vulgate
ζυγὸς δίκαιος καὶ μέτρον δίκαιον καὶ χοῖνιξ δικαία ἔστω ὑμῖν τοῦ μέτρου,
LXX
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
ASV
מֹֽאזְנֵי צֶ֧דֶק וְ/אֵֽיפַת צֶ֛דֶק וּ/בַת צֶ֖דֶק יְהִ֥י לָ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵיפָֽה
'yph
noun · 40×
בַּתִּ֖ים
btym
noun · 13×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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
- Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
- 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?
- Deut 25:15 — But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- 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.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- Prov 21:3 — To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.