Proverbs 20:10
Strong's Lexicon
Differing
אֶ֣בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

weights
וָ֭אֶבֶן (wā·’e·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

and unequal measures
אֵיפָ֣ה (’ê·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 374: 1) ephah 1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount) 1b) the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount

וְאֵיפָ֑ה (wə·’ê·p̄āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 374: 1) ephah 1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount) 1b) the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount

both
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem)
Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8147: 1) two 1a) two (the cardinal number) 1a1) two, both, double, twice 1b) second (the ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers 1d) both (a dual number)

are detestable
תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת (tō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8441: 1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable 1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages) 1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)

to the LORD
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Differing weights and unequal measures both are detestable to the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Differing weights and varying measures  — both are detestable to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.

King James Bible
Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Differing weights and differing measures-- the LORD detests them both.

New Living Translation
False weights and unequal measures--the LORD detests double standards of every kind.

English Standard Version
Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD.

King James Bible
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Differing weights and varying measures-- both are detestable to the LORD.

International Standard Version
FALSE weights and measures— the LORD surely detests both of them.

NET Bible
Diverse weights and diverse measures--the LORD abhors both of them.

American Standard Version
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

English Revised Version
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
















Cross References
Leviticus 19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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

Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:7
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Proverbs 20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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