Deuteronomy - 25:16

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16 For all who do such things, (even) all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 25:16.

Differing Translations

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For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.
For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.
Quia abominatio Jehovae Dei tui est quicunque facit haec, omnis faciens iniquitatem.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

For all that do such things,.... Keep, different weights and measures, and make use of them to defraud their neighbours in buying and selling:
and all that do unrighteously; what is not just and right between man and man, in any other instance whatever:
are an abomination unto the Lord thy God; both they and their actions; he is a righteous God, and loves righteousness, and hates injustice of every kind.

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