Proverbs 20:23
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New International Version (©1984)
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD detests double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A double standard of weights is disgusting to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

King James Bible
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

American King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

American Standard Version
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

Bible in Basic English
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Darby Bible Translation
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

English Revised Version
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Webster's Bible Translation
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

World English Bible
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Young's Literal Translation
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

Geneva Study Bible

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

King James Translators' Notes

a false...: Heb. balance of deceit

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

23. (Compare Pr 20:10; 11:1).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:23. A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. 24. How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord? 25. The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is. 26. Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous. 27. The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God. 28. Mercy and truth are the glories of God's throne. 29. Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other.


Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

Abomination Balance Balances Deceit Detests Differing Disgusting Dishonest Divers Diverse Good Please Pleasing Scale Scales Stone Unequal Weights

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

weights 20:10 Eze 45:10

a false balance Ho 12:7 Am 8:5

Bible Gateway: Proverbs Chapter 20 Verse 23 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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