Deuteronomy 25:15
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.
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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.
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.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶ֣בֶן | 'E.ven | a weight | H68 → |
| שְׁלֵמָ֤ה | she.le.Mah | full | H8003 → |
| וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ | va.Tze.dek | and righteousness | H6664 → |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yih.yeh- | it will belong | H1961 → |
| לָּ֔ךְ | Lakh | to <the> you | |
| אֵיפָ֧ה | 'ei.Fah | a measure | H374 → |
| שְׁלֵמָ֛ה | she.le.Mah | full | H8003 → |
| וָצֶ֖דֶק | va.Tze.dek | and righteousness | H6664 → |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yih.yeh- | it will belong | H1961 → |
| לָּ֑ךְ | Lakh | to <the> you | |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | le.Ma.'an | so that | H4616 → |
| יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ | ya.'a.Ri.khu | they may be long | H748 → |
| יָמֶ֔יךָ | ya.Mei.kha | days your | H3117 → |
| עַ֚ל | 'al | on | H5921 → |
| הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | ha.'a.da.Mah | the land | H127 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | no.Ten | [is] about to give | H5414 → |
| לָֽךְ׃ | Lakh | to <the> you |
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