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Proverbs 20:10
10Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures, Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
Proverbs 20:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Differing weights and differing measures— the Lord detests them both.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Diverse weights and diverse measures, They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 20:10
8A [discerning] king who sits on the throne of judgment Sifts all evil [like chaff] with his eyes [and cannot be easily fooled]. 9Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?” Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures, Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord. 11Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts, Whether his conduct is pure and right. 12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The [omnipotent] Lord has made both of them.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:10 word by word
אֶ֣בֶן וָ֭אֶבֶן אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:10
- Deuteronomy 25:13“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
- Proverbs 20:23Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord, And fraudulent scales are not good.
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance and dishonest business practices are extremely offensive to the Lord, But an accurate scale is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
- Leviticus 19:35‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
- Micah 6:10Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness In the house of the wicked, And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?
- Deuteronomy 7:25You shall burn the carved and sculpted images of their gods in the fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, so that you will not be ensnared by it [in a deadly trap], for it is an abomination (repulsive) to the Lord your God.
- Revelation 21:8But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Divers weights and divers measures - A peise and a peise; - Old MS. Bible: from the French pois, weight. Hebrew: "A stone and a stone; an ephah and an ephah." One the standard, the other below it; one to buy with, the other to sell by.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10See Proverbs 11:1: Here perhaps, as a companion to Proverbs 20:9, with a wider application to all judging one man by rules which we do not apply to ourselves or to another.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 See the various deceits men use, of which the love of money is the root. The Lord will not bless what is thus gotten.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Differing weights and unequal measures: Merchants should not cheat customers by using incorrect weights to measure grain (compare Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Various measures, implying that some are wrong (compare Pr 11:1; 16:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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