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Proverbs 16:11

A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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פֶּ֤לֶסpelesscalesפֶּלֶסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “scales”, the ordinary formH6425a balancescales, weight.וּמֹאזְנֵ֣יumozneand balancesמֹאזֵןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct — “and balances”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3976(only in the dual) a pair of scalesbalances.מִ֭שְׁפָּטmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…לַֽיהוָ֑הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּmaasehvbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אַבְנֵיavnestoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).כִֽיסkhisbagכִּיסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bag”, the ordinary formH3599a cup; also a bag formoney or weightsbag, cup, purse.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Young’s Literal Translation

A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.

World English Bible

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Darby Translation

The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

Douay-Rheims

Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥοπὴ ζυγοῦ δικαιοσύνη παρὰ Κυρίῳ, τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτοῦ στάθμια δίκαια.