Proverbs 20:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

tôʿabat YHWH ʾeben and-ʾāben and-mōʾznê mirmâ not-ṭôb

Grammar Details

*tôʿabat*: noun, feminine singular construct - abomination of
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*ʾeben*: noun, feminine singular - stone/weight
*ʾāben*: noun, feminine singular - stone/weight
*mōʾznê*: noun, masculine dual construct - scales of
*mirmâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit
*ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good

Word Meanings

*tôʿabat*: abomination of/detestable to
*YHWH*: the LORD/Yahweh/the Eternal One
*ʾeben*: stone/weight/measuring weight
*ʾāben*: stone/weight/measuring weight
*mōʾznê*: scales of/balances of
*mirmâ*: deceit/fraud/falsehood
*ṭôb*: good/proper/right

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

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Prov 20:10-11
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10Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
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Prov 11:1
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10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
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13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
14Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
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10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
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Lev 19:35-36
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Prov 11:20
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20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Prov 29:27
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Prov 20:22
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22Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
Prov 12:22
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Ezek 45:10
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10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Zech 8:17
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Prov 17:15
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Prov 21:2-3
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Prov 20:24
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Prov 6:16
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Prov 28:21
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Prov 16:2
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Prov 15:9
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Prov 24:23
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Prov 17:23
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Prov 21:7
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Prov 24:29
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Prov 8:13
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Prov 15:26
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