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Proverbs 20

Prov. 20:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ψDiversc weights
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, and βdivers measures
'eyphah (Hebrew #374)
of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
KJV usage: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
Pronounce: ay-faw'
Origin: or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}
'eyphah (Hebrew #374)
of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
KJV usage: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
Pronounce: ay-faw'
Origin: or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}
, both
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
of them are alike
gam (Hebrew #1571)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
KJV usage: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Pronounce: gam
Origin: by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather
abomination
tow`ebah (Hebrew #8441)
feminine active participle of 8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV usage: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Pronounce: to-ay-baw'
Origin: or tonebah {to-ay-baw'}
to the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Deut. 25:13• 13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. (Deut. 25:13)
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A stone and a stone.
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an ephah and an ephah.

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Divers weights, and divers measures.
Heb. a stone and astone, an ephah and an ephah.
Deut. 25:13• 13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. (Deut. 25:13)
both.
Prov. 20:23• 23Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good. (Prov. 20:23)
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Prov. 11:1• 1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight. (Prov. 11:1)
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Prov. 16:11• 11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work. (Prov. 16:11)
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Lev. 19:35• 35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity: (Lev. 19:35)
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Deut. 25:13‑15• 13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
 14Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.
 15A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 25:13‑15)
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Amos 8:4‑7• 4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
 5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
 6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
 7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works. (Amos 8:4‑7)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
 11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? (Mic. 6:10‑11)
abomination.
Deut. 7:25‑26• 25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
 26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. (Deut. 7:25‑26)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
• Unequal measures testify to the lack of integrity on the part of many. All such are evil in the eyes of the Lord (see Proverbs 16:11, and note verse 23 below). (“Proverbs Twenty” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Divers weights, divers measuresb, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah."