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 the LORD, the 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.

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 labours they shall find in me none iniquity that were sin.

9 But I am the LORD 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.