Proverbs 20:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 20:10

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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

9 ^aWho can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?

10 ^aDiverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

11 Even a child is ^aknown by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.

12 ^aThe hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.

13 ^aDo not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 20:10

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American Standard Version
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Amplified® Bible
Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures--both of them are exceedingly offensive {and} abhorrent to the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Two things the LORD hates are dishonest scales and dishonest measures.

Darby English Version
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

Good News Bible
The LORD hates people who use dishonest weights and measures.

King James Version
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.

New International Version
Differing weights and differing measures—
the LORD detests them both.

New King James Version
Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them the LORD finds abominable .

Revised Standard Version
Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

New English Translation
Diverse weights and diverse measures¹ – the Lord abhors² both of them.

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