Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 20:10
10Unequal weights and measures— both are an abomination to Adonai.
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 king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say: “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? Unequal weights and measures— both are an abomination to Adonai. 11Even a child is known by his actions, whether his conduct is pure and upright. 12Ears that hear and eyes that see— Adonai has made them both.
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 are not to have stones of different weights in your bag—large and small.
- Proverbs 20:23Unbalanced weights are detestable to Adonai, and dishonest scales are wicked.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to Adonai, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest balances and scales are Adonai’s. All the weights in a bag are His handiwork.
- Leviticus 19:35“You must not be dishonest in judgment—in measurements of length, weight or of quantity.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
- Micah 6:10Does the house of the wicked still have treasures of wickedness? Or is an undersized ephah denounced?
- Deuteronomy 7:25“The carved images of their gods you are to burn with fire. You are not to covet the silver or gold on them or take it for yourself—or you could be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Adonai your God.
- Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns 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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