Proverbs 20:23
◄  Proverbs 20:23  ►
New International Version (©2011)
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD detests double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Differing weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are unfair.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good.

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Discrepant weights are defiled before Lord Jehovah and deceitful scales are not good.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A double standard of weights is disgusting to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

American King James Version
Divers weights are an abomination to the 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

Darby Bible Translation
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

English Revised Version
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 23 - This is a repetition, with a slight variation, of ver. 10 and Proverbs 11:1 (where see notes). Is not good. A litotes, equivalent to "is very evil," answering to "abomination" in the first member. Septuagint, "is not good before him" (comp. Proverbs 24:23).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord,.... See Gill on Proverbs 20:10; which is here repeated for the further confirmation of it, and that it might be taken notice of and avoided; and perhaps this sin of using false weights and measures was common with the Jews;

and a false balance is not good; in the sight of God; but an abomination, as in Proverbs 11:1; nor is it good for men in the issue; for though they may gain by it at present, it will prove a loss to them in the end, since it will bring a curse on all they get.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

23. (Compare Pr 20:10; 11:1).

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Wine is a Mocker
…22Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you. 23Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. 24Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? …

Deuteronomy 25:13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag--one heavy, one light.
Proverbs 11:1 The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and differing measures-- the LORD detests them both.