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Hosea 12:7

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7He is ||a merchant, rthe balances of deceit are in his hand:

He loveth to ||oppress.

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Footnotes

  1. ||Or, Canaan. See Job 41:6. & Ezek. 16:3. So Ezek. 17:4.
  2. rProv. 11:1. & 20:23. Amos 8:5 (Heb.).
  3. ||Or, deceive. Mic. 2:2 (Heb.). See Lev. 6:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,

he loves to oppress.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The merchant uses dishonest scales

and loves to defraud.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A merchant loves to extort

with dishonest scales in his hands.

NLTNew Living Translation

But no, the people are like crafty merchants

selling from dishonest scales—

they love to cheat.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit;

he loves to oppress.