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Proverbs 20:10

Proverbs 20:10
Divers weights , and divers measures , both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Divers weights, and divers measures,.... Or, "a stone and a stone, and an ephah and an ephah" (d). Stones being in old time used in weighing, and an "ephah" was a common measure among the Jews; and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

See Pro 11:1 : Here perhaps, as a companion to Pro 20:9, with a wider application to all judging one man by rules which we do not apply to ourselves or to another.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

See here, 1. The various arts of deceiving that men have, all which evils the love of money is the root of. In paying and receiving money, which was then commonly done by the scale, they had divers…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Divers weights Lit. a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah; different weights or measures to buy and to sell with, or when there is risk of detection, and when fraud is safe. Comp. Deu 25:13-14,…