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Proverbs 16:11
11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 16:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- New International Version (NIV)Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are of his making.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
Context of Proverbs 16:11
9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps. 10An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment. The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work. 12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness. 13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:11 word by word
פֶּ֤לֶס׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:11
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
- Leviticus 19:35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
- Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Ezekiel 45:10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hosea 12:7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
- Amos 8:5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
- Micah 6:11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11All the weights of the bag are his - Alluding, probably, to the standard weights laid up in a bag in the sanctuary, and to which all weights in common use in the land were to be referred, in order to ascertain whether they were just: but some think the allusion is to the weights carried about by merchants in their girdles, by which they weigh the money, silver and gold, that they take in exchange for their merchandise. As the Chinese take no coin but gold…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11See Proverbs 11:1 note. People are not to think that trade lies outside the divine law. God has commanded there also all that belongs to truth and right.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11Verse 11 To observe justice in dealings between man and man is God's appointment.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11This proverb's message appears four times in the collection (see Proverbs 11:1; 20:10, 23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. are the Lord's ... his work--that is, what He has ordered, and hence should be observed by men.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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