Hosea 12:7–8
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7–8The businessmen engage in wholesale fraud.
They love to rip people off!
Ephraim boasted, “Look, I’m rich!
I’ve made it big!
And look how well I’ve covered my tracks:
not a hint of fraud, not a sign of sin!”
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.
Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
Ephraim boasts,
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.
But Ephraim thinks,
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any iniquity in me
that I can be punished for!”
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NLTNew Living Translation
But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales—
they love to cheat.
Israel boasts, “I am rich!
I’ve made a fortune all by myself!
No one has caught me cheating!
My record is spotless!”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit;
he loves to oppress.
And Ephraim said, “Surely, I am rich,
I gained wealth for myself;
in all my toil they have not found guilt in me
that is sin.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand:
He loveth to oppress.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance:
In all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
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