Proverbs 16:11
What does Proverbs 16:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 16:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A just beam and balances <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, His work <FI>are<Fi> all the stones of the bag.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- Micah 6:11
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
- Proverbs 20:10
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
- Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
- Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
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