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Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,(A)
    I am cleansed of my sin”?[a]
10 Varying weights, varying measures,
    are both an abomination to the Lord.(B)
11 In their actions even children can playact
    though their deeds be blameless and right.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 20:9 A claim to sinlessness can be merely self-deception; see 16:2; cf. also 15:11.
  2. 20:11 The verb in colon A can mean either “to make oneself known” or “to play another person” (as in Gn 42:7 and 1 Kgs 14:5, 6). The second meaning makes a better parallel to colon B. The meaning is that if a child can playact, an adult can do so even more. Actions do not always reveal character.

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;(A)
    I am clean and without sin”?(B)

10 Differing weights and differing measures—
    the Lord detests them both.(C)

11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(D) and upright?

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