Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
WEB
Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
YLT
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.
DBT
Divers weights, divers measures, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.