7He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.


In Context

4 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,

5 even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name .

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

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

8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

9 But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

Hosea 12:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:7The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:7He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:7Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.