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Hosea 12:7

Sin

5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn 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.

Compare

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

    Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

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  • Proverbs 11:1

    A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

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  • Amos 8:5–6

    Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

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  • Leviticus 19:35–36

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

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  • Micah 3:1–3

    And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

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  • 1 Timothy 6:9–10

    But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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  • Isaiah 3:5

    And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

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  • Proverbs 16:11

    A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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