Parallel Verses
King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
New American Standard Bible
And a
Holman Bible
and dishonest scales
International Standard Version
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good.
A Conservative Version
Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.
American Standard Version
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
Amplified
Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,
And fraudulent scales are not good.
Bible in Basic English
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
Darby Translation
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
Julia Smith Translation
An abomination of Jehovah stone and stone; and the balance of deceit is not good.
King James 2000
Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An abomination of Yahweh [is] {a stone and a weight}, and scales of falsehood are not good.
Modern King James verseion
Different kinds of weights are hateful to Jehovah, and a false balance is not good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD abhoreth two manner of weights, and a false balance is an evil thing.
NET Bible
The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
The Emphasized Bible
An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
Webster
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
World English Bible
Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
Youngs Literal Translation
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:23
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Foolproof Instructions
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?