Hosea 12:7
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The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence
12:7The businessmen love to cheat;13
they use dishonest scales.14
Footnotes
- 13 Heb “the merchant … loves to cheat.” The Hebrew has singular forms (noun and verb) which are used generically to refer to all Israelite merchants and traders in general. The singular noun II כְּנַעַן (kéna’an, “a merchant; a trader”; 488 II כְּנַעַן) is used in a generic sense to refer to the merchant class of Israel as a whole (e.g., Ezek 16:29; 17:4; Zeph 1:11).
- 14 Heb “The merchant—in his hand are scales of deceit—loves to cheat.” The present translation rearranges the Hebrew line division to produce a smoother English rendering.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The merchant uses dishonest scales
and loves to defraud.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.
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NLTNew Living Translation
But no, the people are like crafty merchants
selling from dishonest scales—
they love to cheat.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The trader, in his hand are scales of deceit;
he loves to oppress.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand:
He loveth to oppress.
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