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


In Context

20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

22 Don't say, |I will pay back evil.| Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

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

24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

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 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.