English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:11
11A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
Context of Proverbs 16:11
9The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. 10An oracle is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not sin in judgment. A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work. 12It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness. 13Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:11 word by word
פֶּ֤לֶס׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:11
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 20:10Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:35"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
- Deuteronomy 25:13"You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.
- Ezekiel 45:10"You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
- Amos 8:5saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances,
- Micah 6:11Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a 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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