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11 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but accurate weights are his delight.

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11 [a]A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his delight.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:1 Hebrew A balance of deceit.

11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.

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11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s;
All the weights of the bag are his work.

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10 Differing weights and differing measures,
    both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

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10 [a]Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

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  1. Proverbs 20:10 Hebrew A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.

23 Yahweh detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

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23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And [a]a false balance is not good.

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  1. Proverbs 20:23 Hebrew a balance of deceit.