Verse 1

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Falske vekter avsky er for Herren, men en full vekt gleder ham.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Falsk vekt er en vederstyggelighet for Herren, men en rettferdig vekt er hans glede.

• Norsk King James

  En falsk balanse er en avsky for Herren, men en rettferdig vekt er hans glede.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Falske vekter er en avsky for Herren, men rettferdige vekter er hans glede.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Falske vekter er en styggedom for Herren, men en rettferdig vekt er hans glede.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En falsk vekt er en styggedom for Herren, men en nøyaktig vekt er hans glede.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En falsk vekt er en styggelse for HERREN, men en rettferdig vekt er hans glede.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  En falsk vekt er en styggedom for Herren, men en nøyaktig vekt er hans glede.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Falske vekter er en styggedom for Herren, men en full vekt er hans glede.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Falske vekter er en avsky for Herren, men full vekt gir ham velbehag.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Falske Vægtskaaler ere Herren en Vederstyggelighed, men en fuldkommen Vægt er hans Velbehagelighed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Falske vekter er en avsky for Herren, men rettferdig vekt er hans glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Falske vekter er en styggedom for Herren, men nøyaktige vekter er hans glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Løgnaktige vekter er en motbydelighet for Herren, men en nøyaktig vekt er hans glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Falske vekter er en avsky for Herren, men rettferdig vekt er til hans glede.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Falske vekter er en vederstyggelighet for Herren, men en rett vekt har hans velbehag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Balances of deceit `are' an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight `is' His delight.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.
• Prov 20:10 : 10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.
• Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
• Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Lev 19:35-36 : 35 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
• Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
• Amos 8:5-6 : 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
• Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?