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The Punishment of Israel

Micah 6:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
KJV
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?count…: or, be pure with, etc
WEB
Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
ASV
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
LSV
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
YLT
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
DBY
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
DRC
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?
GNV
Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
JPS
'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
LXXE
Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,

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Original-language editions

WLC
הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי רֶ֑שַׁע וּבְכִ֖יס אַבְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ δικαιωθήσεται ἐν ζυγῷ ἄνομος, καὶ ἐν μαρσίππῳ στάθμια δόλου,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
  • Leviticus 19:36You 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.
  • Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

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