Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:23
In 11 translations
- 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.a false…: Heb. balance of deceit
- WEB
- Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
- ASV
- Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
- LSV
- A stone and a stone [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And balances of deceit [are] not good.
- YLT
- An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.
- DBY
- Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
- DRC
- Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
- GNV
- Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.
- JPS
- Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- LXXE
- A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא־טֽוֹב׃
- LXX-Br
- Βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ δισσὸν στάθμιον, καὶ ζυγὸς δόλιος οὐ καλὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Ezekiel 45:10You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Amos 8:5asking, “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.
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