Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
In other versions
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
ASV
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
BBE
Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
DBY
Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.
WEB
An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.
YLT
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
ENG
Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
WBT
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
BSB
In context
21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
