Deuteronomy 25:15

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.

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WEBBE

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 the LORD your God gives you.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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אֶבֶן 'e·ven a weight H68 שְׁלֵמָה she·le·mah full H8003 וָצֶדֶק va·tze·dek and righteousness H6664 יִהְיֶה־ yih·yeh- it will belong H1961 לָּךְ lakh to (the) you H9031 אֵיפָה 'ei·fah a measure H374 שְׁלֵמָה she·le·mah full H8003 וָצֶדֶק va·tze·dek and righteousness H6664 יִהְיֶה־ yih·yeh- it will belong H1961 לָּךְ lakh to (the) you H9031 לְמַעַן le·ma·'an so that H4616 יַאֲרִיכוּ ya·'a·ri·khu they may be long H748 יָמֶיךָ ya·mei·kha days your H3117 עַל 'al on H5921 הָאֲדָמָה ha·'a·da·mah the land H127 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֶיךָ 'e·lo·hei·kha God your H430 נֹתֵן no·ten [is] about to give H5414 לָךְ lakh to (the) you H9031

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–16

Dishonest gain always brings a curse on men's property, families, and souls. Happy those who judge themselves, repent of and forsake their sins, and put away evil things, that they may not be condemned of the Lord.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.