Micah 6:11
9 The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
10 Can 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?
12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
13 Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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?
- 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?
- DARBY
- Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
- BLB
- Shall I count pure one with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of weights of deceit?
- ÅB
- Kan jeg være ren med urettferdige vektskåler
og falske vektsteiner i pungen? - OTB
- Kan jeg tåle uærlige vekter,
Og en pose med falske lodd? - B1930
- Kan jeg være ren med ugudelighets vektskåler og med falske vektstener i pungen?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 12:7
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:36
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.
Read in contextProverbs 16:11
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Read in context