Proverbs 16:11
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- KJV
- A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- WEB
- Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
- ASV
- A just balance and scales are Jehovah`s; All the weights of the bag are his work.
- DARBY
- The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
- BLB
- A balance and scales of justice [are] unto YHWH; all the stones of the bag [are] His work.
- ÅB
- Rett vekt og rette vektskåler hører Herren til; alle vektsteiner i pungen er hans verk.
- OTB
- Ærlige vekter og balanse er Herrens; alle vektene i posen er hans anliggende.
- B1930
- Rett vekt og rette vektskåler hører Herren til; alle vektstener i pungen er hans verk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Read in contextProverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:13–15
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:35–36
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Read in contextHosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Read in contextEzekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Read in contextMicah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
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