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Hosea 12:7

Sin

5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.

6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

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

8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.
DARBY
[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
BLB
A Canaanite [has] scales of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.
ÅB
I Kana'ans[^1] hånd er det falsk vekt; å gjøre urett er hans lyst.
OTB
En kjøpmann, som bruker falske vekter,
Gleder seg over å bedra.
B1930
I Kana'ans hånd er det falsk vekt; å gjøre urett er hans lyst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 6:10–11

    Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

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  • Proverbs 11:1

    Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

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  • Amos 8:5–6

    asking, “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.

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  • Leviticus 19:35–36

    You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

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  • Micah 3:1–3

    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

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  • 1 Timothy 6:9–10

    Those 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.

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  • Isaiah 3:5

    The 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.

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  • Proverbs 16:11

    Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

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