King James Version
Proverbs 16:11 in the King James Version says “A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones”
Proverbs 16:11 · KJV
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A divine: Heb. Divination
A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A just”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“are the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“are his work”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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