Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his concern.
Proverbs 11:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: But a just weight is his delight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A FALSE balance and unrighteous dealings are extremely offensive and shamefully sinful to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. [Lev. 19:35, 36; Prov. 16:11.] American Standard Version (1901) A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. Common English Bible The LORD detests dishonest scales, but delights in an accurate weight. Catholic Public Domain Version A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will. |
Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his concern.
Differing weights and varying measures – both are detestable to the Lord.
Differing weights are detestable to the Lord, and dishonest scales are unfair.
But Ephraim thinks, ‘How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for! ’