Proverbs 20:10
What does Proverbs 20:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 21:8
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
- Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
- Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
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