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Hosea 12:7

A merchant, in whose hands are ifalse balances,

he loves jto oppress.

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Hosea 12:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

The merchant uses dishonest scales

and loves to defraud.

Hosea 12:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand:

He loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But no, the people are like crafty merchants

selling from dishonest scales—

they love to cheat.

Hosea 12:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“A cunning Canaanite!

Deceitful scales are in his hand;

He loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

The merchants use dishonest scales;

they like to cheat people.

Hosea 12:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Hosea 12:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

⸤The Lord says,⸥ “The merchants use dishonest scales. 

They love to cheat people. 

Hosea 12:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A merchant loves to extort

with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hosea 12:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

A trader, in whose hands are false balances,

he loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit;

he loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You are like a trader who uses dishonest scales.

You love to cheat others.

Hosea 12:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,

He loves to oppress.


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