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


In Context

4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there-

5 the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name of renown!

6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

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

8 Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin."

9 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed feasts.

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 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 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.