Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
with dishonest scales in his hands.
New American Standard Bible
He loves to oppress.
King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
International Standard Version
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
A Conservative Version
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
American Standard Version
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amplified
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
Bible in Basic English
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Darby Translation
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Julia Smith Translation
Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.
King James 2000
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] trader, in his hand [are] scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.
Modern King James verseion
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.
NET Bible
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
New Heart English Bible
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
The Emphasized Bible
A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
Webster
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
World English Bible
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
Youngs Literal Translation
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Words Of Judgment
6
Maintain love and justice,
and always put your hope in God.
with dishonest scales in his hands.
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me
that I can be punished for!”
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Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
but an accurate weight is His delight.
Leviticus 19:35-36
“You must not be unfair
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?
Proverbs 16:11
all the weights in the bag
Isaiah 3:5
man against man, neighbor against neighbor;
the youth will act arrogantly toward the elder,
and the worthless toward the honorable.
Ezekiel 16:3
You are to say: This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.
Amos 2:7
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.
Amos 3:9
and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:
Assemble on the mountains of Samaria
and see the great turmoil in the city
and the acts of oppression within it.
Amos 4:1
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”
Amos 5:11
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
Amos 8:5-6
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.
Micah 2:1
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Micah 3:1-3
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Micah 6:10-11
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
Micah 7:2
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.
Zechariah 14:21
Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts. Everyone who sacrifices will come and take some of the pots to cook in. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite
Malachi 3:5
“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner.
John 2:16
He told those who were selling doves,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
James 5:4
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers