Proverbs 20:23
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- KJV
- Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- WEB
- The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
- ASV
- Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
- DARBY
- Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
- BLB
- An abomination to YHWH [are] a stone and a stone, and scales of deceit [are] not good.
- ÅB
- To slags vektsteiner er en styggedom for Herren, og falsk vekt er noe ondt.
- OTB
- Forskjellige vekter er en vederstyggelighet for Herren, og uærlige vekter er ikke gode.
- B1930
- To slags vektstener er en vederstyggelighet for Herren, og falsk vekt er noget ondt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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 contextProverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Read in contextAmos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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