(NIV)
‘“Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales.
“
These you may
eat, of
all that are in the
waters. Everything in the
waters that has
fins and
scales, whether in the
seas or in the
rivers, you may
eat.
(NIV)
But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales – whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water – you are to regard as unclean.
But
anything in the
seas or the
rivers that does
not have
fins and
scales, of the
swarming creatures in the
waters and of the
living creatures that are in the
waters,
is detestable to
you.
(NIV)
Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.
Everything in the
waters that does
not have
fins and
scales is detestable to
you.
(NIV)
Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
You shall have
just balances,
just weights, a
just ephah, and a
just hin: I
am the
Lord your
God,
who brought you out of the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.
“
Of all that are in the
waters you may
eat these:
whatever has
fins and
scales you may
eat.
(NIV)
But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean.
And
whatever does
not have
fins and
scales you shall
not eat;
it is
unclean for
you.
(NIV)
‘If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
“Oh
that my
vexation were
weighed,
and all my
calamity laid in the
balances!
(NIV)
let God weigh me in honest scales
and he will know that I am blameless –
(Let me be
weighed in a
just balance,
and let
God know my integrity!)
(NIV)
The
Lord detests dishonest scales,
but accurate weights find favour with him.
A
false balance is an
abomination to the
Lord,
but a
just weight is
his delight.
(NIV)
Honest scales and balances belong to the
Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.
A
just balance and
scales are the
Lord’s;
all the
weights in the
bag are his
work.
(NIV)
The
Lord detests differing weights,
and dishonest scales do not please him.
Unequal weights are an
abomination to the
Lord,
and
false scales are
not good.
(NIV)
One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty
and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
A
wise man scales the
city of the
mightyand brings
down the
stronghold in which they
trust.
(NIV)
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
or weighed the mountains on the scales
and the hills in a balance?
Who has
measured the
waters in the hollow of his
handand
marked off the
heavens with a
span,
enclosed the
dust of the
earth in a
measureand
weighed the
mountains in
scalesand the
hills in a
balance?
(NIV)
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
Behold, the
nations are like a
drop from a
bucket,
and are
accounted as the
dust on the
scales;
behold, he
takes up the
coastlands like
fine dust.
(NIV)
Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.
Those who
lavish gold from the
purse,
and
weigh out silver in the
scales,
hire a
goldsmith, and he
makes it into a
god;
then they
fall down and worship!
(NIV)
I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
I
signed the
deed,
sealed it,
got witnesses, and
weighed the
money on
scales.
(NIV)
‘Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor to shave your head and your beard. Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair.
“And
you,
O
son of
man,
take a
sharp sword.
Use it as a
barber’s razor and
pass it
over your
head and your
beard. Then
take balances for
weighing and
divide the hair.
(NIV)
But I will put hooks in your jaws
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
with all the fish sticking to your scales.
I will
put hooks in your
jaws,
and make the
fish of your
streams stick to your
scales;
and I will
draw you up out of the
midst of your
streams,
with
all the
fish of your
streamsthat
stick to your
scales.
(NIV)
You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.
“
You shall have
just balances, a
just ephah, and a
just bath.
(NIV)
Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
(ESV)
Tekel,
you have
been weighed in the
balances and
found wanting;
(NIV)
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
A
merchant, in whose
hands are
false balances,
he
loves to oppress.
(NIV)
saying,
‘When will the New Moon be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market wheat?’ –
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating with dishonest scales,
saying, “
When will the
new moon be
over,
that we may
sell grain?
And the
Sabbath,
that we may
offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the
ephah small and the
shekel greatand
deal deceitfully with
false balances,
(NIV)
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,
with a bag of false weights?
Shall I
acquit the man with
wicked scalesand with a
bag of
deceitful weights?
(NIV)
Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptised,
And immediately something
like scales fell from his eyes,
and he
regained his sight. Then he
rose and was
baptized;
(NIV)
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
When he
opened the
third seal, I
heard the
third living creature
say, “
Come!”
And I
looked,
and behold,
a
black horse!
And its rider had a pair of
scales in his hand.
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