Deuteronomy 25:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה׃

Transliteration

Not yihyeh to-you in-kîsəkā ʾeben wā-ʾāben gədôlāh û-qəṭannāh

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - there shall be
• *ləkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
• *bə-kîsəkā*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your bag
• *ʾeben*: noun feminine singular - stone/weight
• *wā-ʾāben*: conjunction + noun feminine singular - and stone/weight
• *gədôlāh*: adjective feminine singular - large
• *û-qəṭannāh*: conjunction + adjective feminine singular - and small

Word Meanings

• *kîs*: bag/pouch/purse
• *ʾeben wā-ʾāben*: stone and stone/different weights/diverse weights

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not have in thy bag{H3599} diverse weights,{H68} a great{H1419} and a small.{H6996}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not have in thy bag{H3599} divers weights{H68}{H68}, a great{H1419} and a small{H6996}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner weyghtes, a greate and a small:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.
• Amos 8:5 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?
• Lev 19:35-37 : 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 37 Therefore you shall observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
• Mic 6:11-12 : 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.
• Ezek 45:10-11 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer.