Proverbs 16:11
New International Version
Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.

New Living Translation
The LORD demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.

English Standard Version
A just balance and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Berean Standard Bible
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

King James Bible
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

New King James Version
Honest weights and scales are the LORD’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.

New American Standard Bible
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.

NASB 1995
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.

NASB 1977
A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.

Legacy Standard Bible
A just balance and scales belong to Yahweh; All the weights of the bag are His work.

Amplified Bible
A just balance and [honest] scales are the LORD’S; All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].

Christian Standard Bible
Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his concern.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

American Standard Version
A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The weight of a balance is the judgment of LORD JEHOVAH and all his works are weights of truth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD watches to see if we are fair or if we cheat others.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

English Revised Version
A just balance and scales are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Honest balances and scales belong to the LORD. He made the entire set of weights.

Good News Translation
The LORD wants weights and measures to be honest and every sale to be fair.

International Standard Version
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; All the weights of the bag are His work.

Literal Standard Version
A just beam and balances [are] YHWH’s, | All the stones of the bag [are] His work.

Majority Standard Bible
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

New American Bible
Balance and scales belong to the LORD; every weight in the sack is his concern.

NET Bible
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

New Revised Standard Version
Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

New Heart English Bible
Honest balances and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Webster's Bible Translation
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

World English Bible
Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Young's Literal Translation
A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
10A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice. 11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern. 12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.…

Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Ezekiel 45:10
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.


Treasury of Scripture

A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

just

Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 20:10,23
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD…

Leviticus 19:35,36
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure…

weights

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(11) A just weight and balance are the Lord's.--See above on Proverbs 11:1.

Verse 11. - A just weight and balance are the Lord's (Proverbs 11:1); literally, the balance and scales of justice (are) the Lord's. They come under his law, are subject to the Divine ordinances which regulate all man's dealings. The great principles of truth end justice govern all the transactions of buying and selling; religion enters into the business of trading, and weights and measures are sacred things. Vulgate, "The weights and the balance are judgments of the Lord;" being true and fair, they are regarded as God's judgment. Septuagint, "The turn of the balance is justice before God." All the weights of the bag are his work. Some have round a difficulty here, because the bag may contain false as well as true weights (Deuteronomy 25:13), and it could not be said that the light weights were the Lord's work. This surely is captious criticism. The maxim merely states that the trader's weights take their origin and authority from God's enactment, from certain eternal principles which he has established. What man's chicanery and fraud make of them does not come into view. (For the law that regulates such matters, see Leviticus 19:35, etc.) That cheating in this respect was not uncommon we learn from the complaints of the prophets, as Micah 6:11. The religious character of the standard weights and measures is shown by the term "shekel of the sanctuary" (Exodus 38:24, and elsewhere continually).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Honest
מִ֭שְׁפָּט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

scales
פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ (pe·les)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6425: A balance, scale

and balances
וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י (ū·mō·zə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - mdc
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

[are from] the LORD;
לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the weights
אַבְנֵי־ (’aḇ·nê-)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 68: A stone

in the bag
כִֽיס׃ (ḵîs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3599: A cup, a bag for, money, weights

are His concern.
מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ (ma·‘ă·śê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property


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