Berean Standard Bible
“You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
Deuteronomy 25 gathers a variety of everyday laws, ending with a clear command about honest business. Merchants of the ancient world used stone weights and measures that were easy to tamper with.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
King James Version (KJV)
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 (ASV)
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 (BBE)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Pesas cumplidas y justas tendrás; epha cabal y justo tendrás: para que tus días sean prolongados sobre la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
»En todos tus negocios debes usar balanza y medida exactas para que tengas una vida larga y buena en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da.
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