Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.
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.
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 Then turn to thy God, keep mercy and equity, and hope still in thy God. 7 But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion. 8 Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."
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Cross References
Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him.
Leviticus 19:35-36
"'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither in meteyard, weight or measure.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again."
Proverbs 16:11
A true measure and a true balance are the LORD's; he maketh all weights.
Isaiah 3:5
One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.
Ezekiel 16:3
and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God unto Jerusalem: Thy progeny and kindred came out of the land of Canaan, thy father was an Amorite, thy mother a Hittite.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people in the land useth wicked extortion and robbery. They vex the poor and needy and oppress the stranger against right.
Amos 2:7
They tread upon poor men's heads, in the dust of the earth, and crook the ways of the meek. The son and the father go to the harlot, to dishonour my holy name,
Amos 3:9
"'Preach in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces of the land of Egypt, and say, 'Gather you together upon the mountains of Samaria, so shall ye see great murder and violent oppression among them.' For why? They regard not the thing that is right,
Amos 4:1
O hear this word, ye fat cows, that be upon the hill of Samaria; yea, that do poor men wrong, and oppress the needy; yea, that say to your lords, 'Bring hither, let us drink.'
Amos 5:11
Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?
Amos 8:5-6
"When will the new month be gone, that we may sell victuals; and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn; to make the bushel less, and the Sicle greater?
Micah 2:1
Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.
Micah 3:1-3
Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?
Micah 6:10-11
Should I not be displeased, for the unrighteous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is diminished?
Micah 7:2
There is not a godly man upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hunteth his brother to death:
Zechariah 14:21
yea all the kettles in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of Hosts: and all they that slay offerings, shall come and take of them, and dight them therein. And at that time there shall be no more Cananites in the house of the LORD.
Malachi 3:5
I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
John 2:16
And said unto them that sold doves, "Have these things hence, and make not my father's house a house of merchandise."
1 Timothy 6:9-10
They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.