Proverbs 20:23
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.
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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?
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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.
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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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22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
22*Say not thou, I will recompence euil: but wait on the LORD, and he shall saue thee.
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
23††Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
Selected passage24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
24*Mans goings are of the LORD; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?