Deuteronomy 25:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֣בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֤ה וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ אֵיפָ֧ה שְׁלֵמָ֛ה וָצֶ֖דֶק יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾeben šəlēmāh wā-ṣedeq yihyeh-to-you ʾêpāh šəlēmāh wā-ṣedeq yihyeh-to-you so-that yaʾărîkû yāmêkā on the-ʾădāmāh that-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to-you

Grammar Details

• *ʾeben*: noun feminine singular - stone/weight
• *šəlēmāh*: adjective feminine singular - perfect/whole
• *wā-ṣedeq*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and just
• *yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - there shall be
• *lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine/feminine singular suffix - to you
• *ʾêpāh*: noun feminine singular - ephah [measure]
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that
• *yaʾărîkû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall be long
• *yāmêkā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days
• *ʿal*: preposition - on
• *hā-ʾădāmāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the ground/land
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - that/which
• *YHWH*: proper noun - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *nōtēn*: qal participle masculine singular - giving

Word Meanings

• *šəlēmāh*: perfect/whole/complete
• *ṣedeq*: just/righteous/honest
• *yaʾărîkû yāmêkā*: your days shall be long/you shall live long
• *ʾădāmāh*: ground/land/soil

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But thou shalt haue a perfect ad a iust measure: that thy dayes maye be lengthed in the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thou shalt haue a right & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
• Deut 4:40 : 40 You shall therefore keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, forever.
• Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
• Deut 5:33 : 33 You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
• Deut 6:18 : 18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,
• Deut 11:9 : 9 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deut 17:20 : 20 That his heart may not be lifted above his brothers, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.
• Ps 34:12 : 12 Who is the man that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
• Eph 6:3 : 3 That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
• 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.