Proverbs 16:11
A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
KJV
Pondus et statera judicia Domini sunt, et opera ejus omnes lapides sacculi.
Vulgate
ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ δικαιοσύνη παρὰ Κυρίῳ, τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτοῦ στάθμια δίκαια.
LXX
A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.
ASV
פֶּ֤לֶס וּ/מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽ/יהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗/הוּ כָּל אַבְנֵי כִֽיס
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ֖
k
noun · 6×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
פֶּ֨לֶס֙
pls
noun · 2×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…
Cross-references
- Amos 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?
- Deut 25:13 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Deut 25:13 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Ezek 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Ezek 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Mic 6:11 — Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
- Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
- Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Prov 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.