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You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah,° and a just hin.° I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:36a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel
Leviticus 19:36b A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

Just H6664 balances, H3976 just H6664 weights,^§ H68 a just H6664 ephah, H374 and a just H6664 hin, H1969 shall ye have: I am the Lord H3068 your God, H430 which brought you out H3318 (HiphPerf) of the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

Leviticus 19:36 Heb. stones

ζυγα δικαια και σταθμια δικαια και χους δικαιος εσται υμιν εγω ειμι κυριος ο θεος υμων ο εξαγαγων υμας εκ γης αιγυπτου

“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were throughly H8254 (QalInf) weighed, H8254 (NiphImpf) And my calamity H1942 (Qere) H1962 laid^§ H5375 (QalImpf) in the balances H3976 together! H3162

Job 6:2 Heb. lifted up

ει γαρ τις ιστων στησαι μου την οργην τας δε οδυνας μου αραι εν ζυγω ομοθυμαδον

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

Let me be weighed H8254 (QalImpf) in an even H6664 balance,^§ H3976 That God H433 may know H3045 (QalImpf) mine integrity. H8538

Job 31:6 Heb. let him weigh me in balances of Justice

ισταιη με αρα εν ζυγω δικαιω οιδεν δε ο κυριος την ακακιαν μου

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Surely men H120 H1121 of low degree are vanity, H1892 and men H376 of high degree are a lie: H3577 To be laid H5927 (QalInf) in the balance, H3976 they are altogether^§ H3162 lighter than vanity. H1892

Psalm 62:9 Or, alike

^[61:10] πλην ματαιοι οι υιοι των ανθρωπων ψευδεις οι υιοι των ανθρωπων εν ζυγοις του αδικησαι αυτοι εκ ματαιοτητος επι το αυτο

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

A false H4820 balance^§ H3976 is abomination H8441 to the Lord: H3068 But a just H8003 weight^§ H68 is his delight. H7522

Proverbs 11:1a Heb. balances of deceit
Proverbs 11:1b Heb. a perfect stone

ζυγοι δολιοι βδελυγμα ενωπιον κυριου σταθμιον δε δικαιον δεκτον αυτω

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

A just H4941 weight H6425 and balance H3976 are the Lord’s: H3068 All the weights^§ H68 of the bag H3599 are his work. H4639

Proverbs 16:11 Heb. all the stones

ροπη ζυγου δικαιοσυνη παρα κυριω τα δε εργα αυτου σταθμια δικαια

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Divers weights H68 H68 are an abomination H8441 unto the Lord; H3068 And a false H4820 balance^§ H3976 is not good. H2896

Proverbs 20:23 Heb. balance of deceit

βδελυγμα κυριω δισσον σταθμιον και ζυγος δολιος ου καλον ενωπιον αυτου

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Who hath measured H4058 (QalPerf) the waters H4325 in the hollow of his hand, H8168 and meted out H8505 (PielPerf) heaven H8064 with the span, H2239 and comprehended H3557 (QalPerf) the dust H6083 of the earth H776 in a measure,^§ H7991 and weighed H8254 (QalPerf) the mountains H2022 in scales, H6425 and the hills H1389 in a balance? H3976

Isaiah 40:12 Heb. a Tierce

τις εμετρησεν τη χειρι το υδωρ και τον ουρανον σπιθαμη και πασαν την γην δρακι τις εστησεν τα ορη σταθμω και τας ναπας ζυγω

Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

Behold, the nations H1471 are as a drop H4752 of a bucket, H1805 and are counted H2803 (NiphPerf) as the small dust H7834 of the balance: H3976 behold, he taketh up H5190 (QalImpf) the isles H339 as a very little thing. H1851

ει παντα τα εθνη ως σταγων απο καδου και ως ροπη ζυγου ελογισθησαν και ως σιελος λογισθησονται

I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.

And I subscribed H3789 (QalImpf) the evidence,^§ H5612 and sealed H2856 (QalImpf) it, and took H5749 (HiphImpf) witnesses, H5707 and weighed H8254 (QalImpf) him the money H3701 in the balances. H3976

Jeremiah 32:10 Heb. wrote in the book

^[39:10] και εγραψα εις βιβλιον και εσφραγισαμην και διεμαρτυραμην μαρτυρας και εστησα το αργυριον εν ζυγω

“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

And thou, son H1121 of man, H120 take H3947 (QalImpv) thee a sharp H2299 knife, H2719 take H3947 (QalImpf) thee a barber’s H1532 razor, H8593 and cause it to pass H5674 (HiphPerf) upon thine head H7218 and upon thy beard: H2206 then take H3947 (QalPerf) thee balances H3976 to weigh, H4948 and divide H2505 (PielPerf) the hair.

και συ υιε ανθρωπου λαβε σεαυτω ρομφαιαν οξειαν υπερ ξυρον κουρεως κτηση αυτην σεαυτω και επαξεις αυτην επι την κεφαλην σου και επι τον πωγωνα σου και λημψη ζυγον σταθμιων και διαστησεις αυτους

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah,° and a just bath.

Ezekiel 45:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel

Ye shall have just H6664 balances, H3976 and a just H6664 ephah, H374 and a just H6664 bath. H1324

ζυγος δικαιος και μετρον δικαιον και χοινιξ δικαια εστω υμιν

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

He is a merchant,^§ H3667 the balances H3976 of deceit H4820 are in his hand: H3027 he loveth H157 (QalPerf) to oppress.^§ H6231 (QalInf)

Hosea 12:7a Or, Canaan
Hosea 12:7b Or, deceive

^[12:8] χανααν εν χειρι αυτου ζυγος αδικιας καταδυναστευειν ηγαπησε

saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah° small, and the shekel° large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Amos 8:5a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel
Amos 8:5b a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

saying, H559 (QalInf) When will the new moon^§ H2320 be gone, H5674 (QalImpf) that we may sell H7666 (HiphImpf) corn? H7668 and the sabbath, H7676 that we may set forth^§ H6605 (QalImpf) wheat, H1250 making the ephah H374 small, H6994 (HiphInf) and the shekel H8255 great, H1431 (HiphInf) and falsifying H5791 (PielInf) the balances H3976 by deceit?^§ H4820

Amos 8:5a Or, month
Amos 8:5b Heb. open
Amos 8:5c Heb. perverting the balances of deceit

οι λεγοντες ποτε διελευσεται ο μην και εμπολησομεν και τα σαββατα και ανοιξομεν θησαυρους του ποιησαι μικρον μετρον και του μεγαλυναι σταθμια και ποιησαι ζυγον αδικον

Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?

Shall I count them pure^§ H2135 (QalImpf) with the wicked H7562 balances, H3976 and with the bag H3599 of deceitful H4820 weights? H68

Micah 6:11 Or, shall I be pure with, etc.

ει δικαιωθησεται εν ζυγω ανομος και εν μαρσιππω σταθμια δολου