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Proverbs 20:10

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20:10Diverse weights and diverse measures31—

the Lord abhors32 both of them.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 The construction simply uses repetition to express different kinds of weights and measures: “a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.”
  2. 32 Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The phrase features a subjective genitive: “the Lord abhors.” Behind this proverb is the image of the dishonest merchant who has different sets of weights and measures which are used to cheat customers. The Lord hates dishonesty in business transactions.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Unequal weights and unequal measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Differing weights and differing measures—

the Lord detests them both.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Differing weights and varying measures—

both are detestable to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

False weights and unequal measures—

the Lord detests double standards of every kind.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Stone and stone, measure and measure,

both of them are an abomination of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

Divers weights, and divers measures,

Both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.