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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deut 4:40You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
- Deut 5:16“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deut 6:18You shall do that which is right and good in Yahweh’s sight; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
- Deut 11:9and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- 1 Pet 3:10For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.
- Ps 34:12Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
- Eph 6:3“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
- Deut 5:33You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
- Deut 17:20that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn 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 middle of Israel.
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