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# Honest scales come from Yahweh
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Yahweh requires justice and fairness when doing business. Dishonest people used heavier or lighter weights in their scales in order to gain more when buying or selling. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# all the weights in the bag are his work
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Merchants carried their weights in bags. Possible meanings are 1) Yahweh has determined how much every weight must weigh or 2) Yahweh is concerned with every weight that a merchant uses.
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# that is something to be despised
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "that is something that people despise" or "that is something that Yahweh despises" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# for a throne is established by doing what is right
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Here the word "throne" represents the king's rule. This can be stated in active form. AT: "for the king establishes his reign by doing what is right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]] |