Proverbs 20:10
8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
11 Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
- KJV
- Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- WEB
- Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
- ASV
- Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
- BLB
- A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah—the two of them alike [are] an abomination to YHWH.
- ÅB
- To slags vektsteiner og to slags mål -- begge deler er en styggedom for Herren.
- OTB
- Forskjellige vekter og forskjellige mål— begge er avskyelige for Herren.
- B1930
- To slags vektstener og to slags mål - begge deler er en vederstyggelighet for Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Read in contextProverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Read in contextProverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:35
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:13–15
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
Read in contextMicah 6:10–11
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Read in contextAmos 8:4–7
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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