The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:13 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:13

KJV: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

YLT: 'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

Darby: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

ASV: Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt not have in thy bag  divers weights,  a great  and a small. 

What does Deuteronomy 25:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 25

1  Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4  The ox is not to be muzzled
5  Of raising seed unto a brother
11  Of the immodest woman
13  Of unjust weights and measures
17  The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 25:13 mean?

Not shall have You in your bag differing and differing weights a heavy and a light -
לֹֽא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖ אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן גְּדוֹלָ֖ה וּקְטַנָּֽה ס

יִהְיֶ֥ה  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּכִֽיסְךָ֖  in  your  bag 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: כִּיס  
Sense: bag, purse.
אֶ֣בֶן  differing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
וָאָ֑בֶן  and  differing  weights 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
גְּדוֹלָ֖ה  a  heavy 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
וּקְטַנָּֽה  and  a  light 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation