Proverbs 20:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ Differing weights are an abomination to יהוה, And a false scale is not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; And a false balance is not good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

Common English Bible

²³ The LORD detests false weights; deceptive scales aren’t right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:23 Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

Proverbs 20:10

Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.

Ezekiel 45:10

“Have right scales, and a right ĕphah, and a right bath.

Hosea 12:7

A merchant! In his hand are scales of deceit, he loved to oppress.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When does the New Moon pass so that we sell grain, and the Sabbath so that we trade our wheat, to make the ĕphah small and the sheqel large, and to falsify the scales by deceit,

Deuteronomy 25:13

“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.