Amsal 20:10

20:10 Diverse weights and diverse measures ¹  –

the Lord abhors ²  both of them.

Ulangan 25:13

25:13 You must not have in your bag different stone weights, ³  a heavy and a light one. 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.”

[20:10]  sn Behind this proverb is the image of the dishonest merchant who has different sets of weights and measures which are used to cheat customers. The Lord hates dishonesty in business transactions.

[25:13]  ³ tn Heb “a stone and a stone.” The repetition of the singular noun here expresses diversity, as the following phrase indicates. See IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.

[25:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “a large and a small,” but since the issue is the weight, “a heavy and a light one” conveys the idea better in English.