Proverbs 20:23
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
מֹאזֵן
môʼzên
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Study H8441 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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?
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