Proverbs 20:8–10

8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment

winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;

I am clean from my sin”?

10 Unequal weights and unequal measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment

Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean,

I am pure from my sin?

10 Divers weights, and divers measures,

Both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

8 When a king sits in judgment, he weighs all the evidence,

distinguishing the bad from the good.

9 Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart;

I am pure and free from sin”?

10 False weights and unequal measures—

the Lord detests double standards of every kind.

8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment

Scatters all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,

I am pure from my sin”?

10 Diverse weights and diverse measures,

They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

8 When a king sits on his throne to judge,

he knows evil when he sees it.

9 No one can say, “I am innocent;

I have never done anything wrong.”

10 The Lord hates both these things:

dishonest weights and dishonest measures.

8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment

Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean,

I am pure from my sin?

10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures,

Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

8 A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

10 Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

8 A king who sits on his throne to judge sifts out every evil with his eyes. 

9 Who can say, 

“I’ve made my heart pure. 

I’m cleansed from my sin”? 

10 A double standard of weights and measures— 

both are disgusting to the Lord. 

8 A king sitting on a throne to judge

sifts out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;

I am cleansed from my sin”?

10 Differing weights and varying measures —

both are detestable to the Lord.

8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment

winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean;

I am pure from my sin”?

10 Diverse weights and diverse measures

are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment

winnows all evil with his eyes.

9 Who will say “I have made my heart clean;

I am pure from my sin”?

10 Stone and stone, measure and measure,

both of them are an abomination of Yahweh.

8 A king sits on his throne to judge.

He gets rid of all evil when he sees it.

9 No one can say, “I have kept my heart pure.

I’m clean. I haven’t sinned.”

10 The Lord hates two things.

He hates weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are.

He also hates measures that measure things larger or smaller than they really are.

8 A king who sits on the throne of justice

Disperses all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,

I am pure from my sin”?

10 Differing weights and differing measures,

Both of them are abominable to the Lord.