King James Version
Deuteronomy 25:16 in the King James Version says “For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”
Deuteronomy 25:16 · KJV
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah
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.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“are an abomination”
H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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