\{Some people use scales that don’t weigh things properly. They use those scales to cheat people.\} The Lord hates those false scales. But accurate scales please the Lord.
Proverbs 20:10 - Easy To Read Version The Lord hates people that cheat other people using weights and measures that are not fair. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Divers weights, and divers measures, Both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures–both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord. [Deut. 25:13; Mic. 6:10, 11.] American Standard Version (1901) Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. Common English Bible False weights and measures— the LORD detests them both. Catholic Public Domain Version Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God. |
\{Some people use scales that don’t weigh things properly. They use those scales to cheat people.\} The Lord hates those false scales. But accurate scales please the Lord.
The Lord wants all scales and balances to be honest. He wants all business agreements to be fair.
Some people use weights and scales that are not accurate. They use those things so they can cheat people. The Lord hates that. That does not make him happy!
“You must be fair when you judge people. And you must be fair when you measure and weigh things.
Your baskets should be the right size. Your jars should hold the right amount of liquids. Your weights and balances should weigh things correctly. I am the Lord your God! I brought you out from the land of Egypt!
But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”