11:1 The Lord abhors 1 dishonest scales, 2
but an accurate weight 3 is his delight.
12:22 The Lord 4 abhors a person who lies, 5
but those who deal truthfully 6 are his delight. 7
1 tn Heb “an abomination of the
2 tn Heb “scales of deception.” The genitive is attributive: “deceptive scales.” This refers to dishonesty in the market where silver was weighed in the scales. God condemns dishonest business practices (Deut 25:13-16; Lev 10:35-36), as did the ancient Near East (ANET 388, 423).
3 tn Heb “a perfect stone.” Stones were used for measuring amounts of silver on the scales; here the stone that pleases the
4 tn Heb “an abomination of the
5 tn Heb “lips of lying.” The genitive שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “lying”) functions as an attributive genitive: “lying lips.” The term “lips” functions as a synecdoche of part (= lips) for the whole (= person): “a liar.”
6 tn Heb “but doers of truthfulness.” The term “truthfulness” is an objective genitive, meaning: “those who practice truth” or “those who act in good faith.” Their words and works are reliable.
7 sn The contrast between “delight/pleasure” and “abomination” is emphatic. What pleases the