Deuteronomy 25:13
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“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
You shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small.
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
“Do not have differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
‘Do not have differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Don’t have two different types of money weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one.
“You are not to have in your pack two sets of weights, one heavy, the other light.
Don't try to cheat people by having two sets of weights or measures, one to get more when you are buying, and the other to give less when you are selling.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
“Don’t use weights that are too heavy or too light.
Do not try to cheat people when you weigh or measure things. Do not carry with you two different stone weights, one light one and one heavy one.
Do not have two alternate sets of stone weights in your bag, larger and smaller.
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
Don’t carry two ·sets of weights [L stones] ·with you [L in your bag/pouch], one heavy and one light.
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner of weights, a great and a small:
Never carry two sets of weights, a heavier one and a lighter one.
“Do not cheat when you use weights and measures.
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Don’t carry two sets of weights with you, one heavy and one light.
“Don’t have different weights in your bag—one heavy and one light.
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag different weights, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
“There shall not be for your use in your bag two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one.
“In all your transactions you must use accurate scales and honest measurements, so that you will have a long, good life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Don’t carry around with you two weights, one heavy and the other light, and don’t keep two measures at hand, one large and the other small. Use only one weight, a true and honest weight, and one measure, a true and honest measure, so that you will live a long time on the land that God, your God, is giving you. Dishonest weights and measures are an abomination to God, your God—all this corruption in business deals!
You must not have in your bag different weights, a large and a small.
Never carry two sets of weights, a heavier one and a lighter one.
You shall not keep two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and the other light;
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.
You are not to have two different weights in your sack, one heavy and the other one light.
Don’t carry two sets of weights with you, one heavy and one light.
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
Don’t have two different scales. Don’t have scales that cause things to seem heavier or lighter than they really are.
Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light.
Do not have two differing weights in your bag – one heavy, one light.
“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one large and one small.
“You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.
You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, large and small.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag differing weights, a gedolah and a ketannah.
“You shall not have two kinds of weights in your bag, a great and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
“You are not to have stones of different weights in your bag—large and small.
Don’t keep two different weighing stones in your bag, a heavy one for when you want to weigh out full value and a light one for when you want to try to cheat someone.
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a greater to buy with, and a less(er) to sell with,
`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
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