# Proverbs 20.9

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 7. A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. 8. A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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> **9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?**
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> 10. Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. 11. Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. (Proverbs 20:7-11, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 7. A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. 8. A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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> **9. Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”**
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> 10. Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh. 11. Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right. (Proverbs 20:7-11, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 7. The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. 8. A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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> **9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?**
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> 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. <sup>Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone</sup> <sup>divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah</sup> 11. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. (Proverbs 20:7-11, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 7. The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! 8. A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,
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> **9. Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'**
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> 10. A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah. 11. Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. (Proverbs 20:7-11, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Original Sin Is Foreign to Judaism Objection Defeater](/codex/original-sin-is-foreign-to-judaism-objection-defeater/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.