Hosea 12:7

In 11 translations

BSB

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

KJV

¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.a merchant: or, Canaanoppress: or, deceive

WEB

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

ASV

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

LSV

Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.

YLT

Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

DBY

[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

DRC

He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

GNV

He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

JPS12:8

As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

LXXE12:8

As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.

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WLC12:8

כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃KJV:Hos.12.7

LXX-Br12:8

Χαναὰν, ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ζυγὸς ἀδικίας, καταδυναστεύειν ἠγάπησε.

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• Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Micah 6:10–11Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
• Amos 8:5–6asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us buy the…
• Zechariah 14:21Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the…
• 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I…
• Amos 3:9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
• Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
• Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
• Ezekiel 16:3and tell her that 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.
• 1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By…
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
• John 2:16To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
• Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
• Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
• Leviticus 19:35–36You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
• Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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