| Proverbs 20:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | A double standard of weights is disgusting to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| ASV: | Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good. |
| BBE: | Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good. |
| DBY: | Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. |
| ERV: | Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| JPS: | Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| WBS: | Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
| WEB: | Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing. |
| YLT: | An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good. |
| Proverbs 20:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight.
Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| MHC: | 20:23. A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. 24. How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord? 25. The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is. 26. Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous. 27. The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God. 28. Mercy and truth are the glories of God's throne. 29. Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other. |
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