Parallel Verses
Amplified
Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,
And fraudulent scales are not good.
New American Standard Bible
And a
King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Holman Bible
and dishonest scales
International Standard Version
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good.
A Conservative Version
Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.
American Standard Version
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
Bible in Basic English
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
Darby Translation
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
Julia Smith Translation
An abomination of Jehovah stone and stone; and the balance of deceit is not good.
King James 2000
Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An abomination of Yahweh [is] {a stone and a weight}, and scales of falsehood are not good.
Modern King James verseion
Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD abhoreth two manner of weights, and a false balance is an evil thing.
NET Bible
The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
The Emphasized Bible
An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
Webster
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
World English Bible
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
Youngs Literal Translation
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:23
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Foolproof Instructions
22
Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
Wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue and save you.
Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,
And fraudulent scales are not good.
Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.
How then can a man [fully] understand his way?
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:10
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,
Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
Proverbs 11:1
But an accurate scale is His delight.
Ezekiel 45:10
“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
Amos 8:5
saying,
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,