Proverbs 20:10

“Divers weights, [and] divers measures, etc.] Or, “a stone and a stone, and an ephah and an ephah”f558. Stones being in old time used in weighing, and an “ephah” was a common measure among the Jews; and these ought not to be different; one stone or weight for buying, and another for selling; and one measure to buy goods in with, and another to sell out with; the one too heavy, the other too light; the one too large, and the other too scanty; whereby justice is not done between man and man; whereas they ought to be just and equal, (<031935>Leviticus 19:35,36); both of them [are] alike abomination to the Lord; who loves righteousness and hates iniquity, and requires of men to do justly; and…”

“Various measures, implying that some are wrong (compare Pro 11:1; Pro 16:11).”

“See Proverbs 11:1 : Here perhaps, as a companion to Proverbs 20:9, with a wider application to all judging one man by rules which we do not apply to ourselves or to another. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Divers - One greater for shew and one lesser for use. Proverbs 20:11”

“20:10 False weights and unequal measures: Merchants, for example, should not cheat their customers by using false weights to weigh out grain (cp. 11:1; 16:11; 20:23).”

“Divers weights, and divers measures: Heb. a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Deu 25:13 both: Pro 20:23, Pro 11:1, Pro 16:11; Lev 19:35; Deu 25:13-15; Amo 8:4-7; Mic 6:10, Mic 6:11 abomination: Deu 7:25, Deu 7:26; Rev 21:8 Proverbs 20:11”

“This proverb passes sentence of condemnation against gross sins in action and life. Diverse stones, diverse measures - An abomination to Jahve are they both. The stones are, as at Pro 11:1; Pro 16:11, those used as weights. Stone and stone, ephah and ephah, means that they are of diverse kinds, one large and one small (the lxx, in which the sequence of the proverbs from Pro 20:10 is different, has μέγα καὶ μικρόν), so that one may be able deceitfully to substitute the one for the other. איפה (from אפה, to bake) may originally have been used to designate such a quantity of meal as supplied a family of moderate wants; it corresponds to the bath ( Eze 45:11) as a measure for fluids, and…”