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


In Context

4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,

5 even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown!

6 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

8 Ephraim said, |Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin.|

9 |But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. I will yet again make you 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 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 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.