Proverbs 20:9-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,(A)
I am cleansed of my sin”?[a]
10 Varying weights, varying measures,
are both an abomination to the Lord.(B)
11 In their actions even children can playact
though their deeds be blameless and right.[b]
Footnotes
- 20:9 A claim to sinlessness can be merely self-deception; see 16:2; cf. also 15:11.
- 20:11 The verb in colon A can mean either “to make oneself known” or “to play another person” (as in Gn 42:7 and 1 Kgs 14:5, 6). The second meaning makes a better parallel to colon B. The meaning is that if a child can playact, an adult can do so even more. Actions do not always reveal character.
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