A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Micah 6:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can I be pure [Myself, and acquit the man] with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights? [I Thess. 4:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? Common English Bible Can I approve wicked scales and a bag of false weights Catholic Public Domain Version Shall I justify unfaithful balances, and the deceitful weighing of a small bag? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag? |
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.
Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,
And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.