The Meaning of Proverbs 16:11 Explained

Proverbs 16:11

KJV: A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

YLT: A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.

Darby: The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A just  weight  and balance  [are] the LORD'S:  all the weights  of the bag  [are] his work. 

What does Proverbs 16:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 16

1  The Plans of the heart

What do the individual words in Proverbs 16:11 mean?

Weights and scales [are] Honest of Yahweh [are] His work All the weights in the bag
פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־ אַבְנֵי־ כִֽיס

פֶּ֤לֶס ׀  Weights 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּלֶס  
Sense: balance, scale.
וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י  and  scales  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, mdc
Root: מֹאזְנַיִם  
Sense: scales, balances.
מִ֭שְׁפָּט  Honest 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
לַֽיהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ  [are]  His  work 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
אַבְנֵי־  the  weights  in 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
כִֽיס  the  bag 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּיס  
Sense: bag, purse.