Proverbs 20:10

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

8When a king sits on his throne as judge, he sees what is evil and he removes it. 9Nobody can say, ‘My thoughts are completely pure. There is no sin in me.’ If people use false weights and measures, the Lord hates anything like that. 11Even children show what they are like by the things that they do. You can see if they are honest and good. 12The Lord has made us with ears to hear with and eyes to see with. They are both his gift to us.

Proverbs 20:10 word by word

אֶ֣בֶן וָ֭אֶבֶן אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Divers weightsאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• divers measuresאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374
• bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• alikeגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Proverbs 20:10

• Deuteronomy 25:13Do not try to cheat people when you weigh or measure things. Do not carry with you two different stone weights, one light one and one heavy one.
• Proverbs 20:23The Lord hates traders who use false weights. He hates scales that do not weigh things properly.
• Proverbs 11:1The Lord hates traders who do not use true weights. He is happy when they are honest and they use true weights.
• Proverbs 16:11The Lord wants people to use true weights and measures. He knows all the weights that a trader uses.
• Leviticus 19:35They must be fair when they measure length or weight or size.
• Amos 8:4So listen to me, you who are cruel to helpless people. You try to destroy people who are poor and weak.
• Micah 6:10‘You bad people still hide valuable things that you have taken from other people. I will not forget this. You bad people use false weights to measure the food that you sell. I hate that.
• Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn the images of their gods with fire. Do not try to keep the silver or gold from those idols. The Lord your God hates those things. If you take it for yourselves, it will catch you like a trap.
• Revelation 21:8But I will punish other people. They include: people who are afraid of trouble; people who do not believe in Jesus; people who do disgusting things; people who murder other people; people who have sex in a wrong way; people who use magic to hurt people; people who worship idols; people who tell lies. All these people will go into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. That is the second death for people.’

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

Topics related to Proverbs 20:10

• Abomination
• Dishonesty
• Honesty
• Measure
• Weights

In the dictionaries

• Advice
• Cease
• Counsel
• Ephah
• Naught
• Obscure
• Proclaim
• Pure
• Purpose
• Wait

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