Proverbs 20:23

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָ/אָ֑בֶן וּ/מֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא טֽוֹב
English Translation
The abomination of the LORD are stone and stone, and false scales are not good.

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

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

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.

Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

A man’s goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

Wounds and blows clean away what's evil; beatings clean what's deep down inside.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

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

A stone and a stone are an abomination to YHWH, || And balances of deceit are not good.

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

The LORD detests double standards;<br>he is not pleased by dishonest scales.<br>

Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.