Proverbs 16:11
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁקָל
mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
מֹאזֵן
môʼzên
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
כִּיס
kîyç
a cup; also a bag formoney or weights
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁקָל mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
Study H4948 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Saying, 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?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
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