Deuteronomy 25 · Verse 14

Deuteronomy 25:14

Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

Deuteronomy 25:14, King James Version

Deuteronomy 25:14 in other translations

BSB	You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
WEB	You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
ASV	Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
YLT	Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.
DARBY	Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.
BBE	Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
Webster	Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small:

What does Deuteronomy 25:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 25:13-16

13-16. Thou shalt not have ... divers weights--Weights were anciently made of stone and are frequently used still by Eastern shopkeepers and traders, who take them out of the bag and put them in the balance. The man who is not cheated by the trader and his bag of divers weights must be blessed with more acuteness than most of his fellows [Roberts]. (Compare Pr 16:11; 20:10).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 14 Divers measures - Literally, an ephah and an ephah; one large, to buy thy neighbor's wares, another small, to sell thy own by. So there were knaves in all ages, and among all nations. See the notes on Exo 16:16, and Lev 19:35 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:13-16

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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Deuteronomy 25:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808

יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will belongH1961

לְךָ֛le.Khato <the> you

בְּבֵיתְךָ֖be.vei.te.Khain house yourH1004

אֵיפָ֣ה'ei.Faha measureH374

וְאֵיפָ֑הve.'ei.Fahand a measureH374

גְּדוֹלָ֖הge.do.LahlargeH1419

וּקְטַנָּֽה\׃u.ke.ta.Nahand smallH6996

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

divers measures. Heb. an ephah and an ephah.{Aiphah wäaiphah;} for this was the cost common measure among the Israelites, by which all the others were made and adjusted. They are not only forbidden to use divers weights and measures, one large or heavy to buy with, and another small and light to sell with, but they were not even allowed to keep such in the house. It is observable also, that these too common but dishonest actions are branded as "an abomination to the Lord," equally with idolatry, and other scandalous crimes.
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Context

Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15
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.

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Deuteronomy 25:14 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	No tendrás en tu casa epha grande y epha pequeño.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	tu n’auras pas dans ta maison deux éphas différents, un grand et un petit.
German Elberfelder 1871	Du sollst nicht zweierlei Epha in deinem Hause haben, ein großes und ein kleines.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	nec erit in domo tua modius major, et minor.