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Proverbs 20:23

23 1aDiffering weights are an abomination to the Lord,

And a 2bfalse scale is not good.

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Proverbs 20:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 The Lord detests differing weights,

and dishonest scales do not please him.

Proverbs 20:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,

and false scales are not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord;

And a false balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 The Lord detests double standards;

he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

Proverbs 20:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord,

And dishonest scales are not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 The Lord hates dishonest weights,

and dishonest scales do not please him.

Proverbs 20:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;

And a false balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 20:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 A double standard of weights is disgusting to the Lord

and dishonest scales are no good. 

Proverbs 20:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 Differing weights are detestable to the Lord,

and dishonest scales are unfair.

Proverbs 20:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,

and false scales are not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 An abomination of Yahweh is a stone and a weight,

and scales of falsehood are not good.

Proverbs 20:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 The Lord hates weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are.

Scales that are not honest don’t please him.


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