A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 20:10 - Revised Standard Version Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 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. |
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”