23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.


In Context

20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

24 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Proverbs 20:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:23The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.