Dishonest Scales
Proverbs 11:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- KJV
- A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.A false…: Heb. Balances of deceitjust…: Heb. perfect stone
- WEB
- A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
- ASV
- A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- LSV
- Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
- YLT
- Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.
- DBY
- A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
- DRC
- A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
- GNV
- False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.
- JPS
- A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a perfect weight is His delight.
- LXXE
- False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ζυγοί δόλιοι βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, στάθμιον δὲ δίκαιον δεκτὸν αὐτῷ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 25:13–16You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and…
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Leviticus 19:35–36You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
- Amos 8:5–6asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us buy the…
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Ezekiel 45:10–12You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the…
- Micah 6:10–11Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
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