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11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
    but a just weight is His delight.

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11 Balances of deceit are an abomination of Yahweh,
    but an accurate weight[a] delights him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:1 Literally “a full stone” or “a pure stone”

20 Those who are of a perverse heart are abomination to the Lord,
    but such as are upright in their way are His delight.

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20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[a]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  2. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”