Proverbs 20:10

20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures ¹  –

the Lord abhors ²  both of them.

Proverbs 20:23

20:23 The Lord abhors ³  differing weights,

and dishonest scales are wicked. ⁴ 

[20:10]  ¹ tn The construction simply uses repetition to express different kinds of weights and measures: “a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.”

[20:10]  ² tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The phrase features a subjective genitive: “the Lord abhors.”

[20:23]  ³ tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” This expression features a subjective genitive: “the Lord abhors.”

[20:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis – a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is wicked!” (e.g., 11:1; 20:10).