Proverbs 20:23

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Proverbs 20:23


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Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Divers weightsH68 H68 are an abominationH8441 unto the LORDH3068; and a falseH4820 balanceH3976 is not goodH2896.


Original Hebrew

תֹּועֲבַת יְהוָה אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן וּמֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה לֹא־טֹוב׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
to.'a.Vat H8441 HNcfsc (are) (the) abomination of
יְ֭הוָה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
אֶ֣בֶן
'E.ven H68 HNcfsa a weight
וָ/אָ֑בֶן
va./'A.ven H68 HC/Ncfsa and/ a weight
וּ/מֹאזְנֵ֖י
u./moz.Nei H3976 HC/Ncmdc and/ balances of
מִרְמָ֣ה
mir.Mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn not
טֽוֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa (are) good
Strong's References
  • H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; 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, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3976 — מֹאזֵן (môʼzên, mo-zane'): from אָזַן (ʼâzan) H239; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה (tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'): or תֹּעֵבַה (tôʻêbah); feminine active participle of תַּעָב (taʻâb) H8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (6): Deuteronomy 25:16, Proverbs 6:16, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Micah 6:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:6

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