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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 the Lord; and a false balance is not good. (Prov. 20:23)
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Prov. 11:1• 1A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. (Prov. 11:1)
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Prov. 16:11• 11A just weight and balance are the Lord'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 meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (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 thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
 15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 25:13‑15)
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Amos 8:4‑7• 4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
 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 by deceit?
 6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
 7The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. (Amos 8:4‑7)
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Mic. 6:10‑11• 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
 11Shall I count them pure with the wicked 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 desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
 26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but 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 the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth 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."