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Deuteronomy 25:13–15

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13“There shall not be for your uset in your bag two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one.u 14There shall not be in your house for your usev two kinds of measures.w 15Rather a full and honest weight shall be for your use;x there shall be for you a full and honest measure,y so that your days on the land that Yahweh your God is giving to you may be long.

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Footnotes

  1. tLiterally “to you”
  2. uLiterally “stone and stone large and small”
  3. vLiterally “for you”
  4. wLiterally “ephah and ephah large and small”
  5. xLiterally “for you”
  6. yLiterally “an ephah”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Do not have differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. Do not have differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller. You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise, and you must use full and honest measures. Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 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.