Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
KJV
Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus ; statera dolosa non est bona.
Vulgate
κόσμος νεανίαις σοφία, δόξα δὲ πρεσβυτέρων πολιαί.
LXX
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
ASV
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָ/אָ֑בֶן וּ/מֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא טֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
4. As then, when we read this, we interpret it fairly, without accounting Solomon a servant because we hear him so called, but a son natural and genuine, so also, if, concerning the Saviour, who is confessed to be in truth the Son, and to be the Word by nature, the saints say, 'Who was faithful to Him that made Him,' or if He say of Himself, 'The Lord created me,' and, 'I am Yo…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.
- Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- Prov 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- 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 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.