Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
KJV
Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura : utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.
Vulgate
κακολογοῦντος πατέρα ἢ μητέρα σβεσθήσεται λαμπτήρ, αἱ δὲ κόραι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὄψονται σκότος.
LXX
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
ASV
אֶ֣בֶן וָ֭/אֶבֶן אֵיפָ֣ה וְ/אֵיפָ֑ה תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם שְׁנֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵיפָֽה
'yph
noun · 40×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Lev 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Lev 19:36 — Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- 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 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.