Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He loves to oppress.
King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Holman Bible
with dishonest scales in his hands.
International Standard Version
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
A Conservative Version
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
American Standard Version
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Amplified
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
Bible in Basic English
As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Darby Translation
He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
Julia Smith Translation
Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.
King James 2000
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] trader, in his hand [are] scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.
Modern King James verseion
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.
NET Bible
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
New Heart English Bible
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
The Emphasized Bible
A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
Webster
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
World English Bible
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
Youngs Literal Translation
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:7
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Further Words Of Judgment
6
"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."
7
He loves to oppress.
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Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Leviticus 19:35-36
"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you."
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Isaiah 3:5
And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.
Ezekiel 16:3
and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
Amos 2:7
those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned;
Amos 3:9
Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst."
Amos 4:1
"Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'
Amos 5:11
Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Amos 8:5-6
saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances,
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Micah 3:1-3
And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?--
Micah 6:10-11
Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?
Micah 7:2
The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
Zechariah 14:21
And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the LORD of hosts on that day.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
John 2:16
And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.