Proverbs 16:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃

Transliteration

peles and-mōʾznê mišpāṭ to-YHWH maʿăśēhû all-ʾaḇnê-kîs

Grammar Details

*peles*: noun, masculine, singular - scale/balance
*wᵉ*: conjunction - and
*mōʾznê*: noun, feminine, dual construct - scales/balances of
*mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - justice/judgment/right
*lᵉ*: preposition - to/belonging to
*YHWH*: divine name
*maʿăśēhû*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his work
*kol*: noun, masculine, singular construct - all
*ʾaḇnê*: noun, feminine, plural construct - stones of
*kîs*: noun, masculine, singular - bag/purse

Word Meanings

*peles ûmōʾznê mišpāṭ*: scale and just balances/accurate weights and measures
*ʾaḇnê-kîs*: stones of bag/weights in the pouch/weighing stones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
Ezek 45:10 : 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Hos 12:7 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amos 8:5 : 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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