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.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- NASB You shall have a correct and honest weight; you shall have a correct and honest measure, so that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
- NLT Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
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Quick answer
God commands full and just weights and measures, linking honest dealing to long life in the land. Integrity is tied to covenant blessing.
Overview
Perfect, accurate standards reflect the righteousness God requires and bring stability and trust to the community He blesses. The promise of long days in the land echoes the blessings attached elsewhere to obedience (Exodus 20:12). Honest commerce is thus not merely good economics but an expression of faithfulness to a holy God.
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- Exod 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deut 4:40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Deut 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deut 6:18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
- Deut 11:9And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- 1 Pet 3:10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
- Ps 34:12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
- Eph 6:3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- Deut 5:33Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
- Deut 17:20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
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