Proverbs 20:23–24
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
††Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationVerse 10.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. ballances of deceit.
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
*Mans goings are of the LORD; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 37.23. cha. 16.9. iere.10.23.
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5Saying, 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?
5Saying, When will the ‖newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may †set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and †falsifying the balances by deceit?
From verse 24
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23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
23But hast lifted vp thy selfe against the LORD of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praised the gods of siluer, and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which see not, nor heare, nor knowe: and the God in whose hande thy breath is, and whose are all thy wayes, hast thou not glorified.
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6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
6†I will send him against an hypocriticall nation, and against the people of my wrath will I giue him a charge to take the spoile, and to take the praye, and to tread them downe like the mire of the streets.
7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart thinke so, but it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off nations not a few.
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Proverbs 20:23
1. Various or of different kinds. 2. Several persons or things.
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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.
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abomination
Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
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A pair of scales or other weighing instrument used to determine equality or difference of weight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Proverbs 20:24
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
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20:22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
20:22*Say not thou, I will recompence euil: but wait on the LORD, and he shall saue thee.
20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
20:23††Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
Selected passage20:24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
20:24*Mans goings are of the LORD; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
Selected passage20:25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
20:25 It is a snare to the man who deuoureth that which is holy: and after vowes, to make inquirie.