Hosea 12:7 “A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.”

Hosea 12:7

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Bible in Basic English

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

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Cross references

“a merchant”

Ezekiel 16:3 Zechariah 14:21 John 2:16

Ezekiel 16:3 · BSB

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Zechariah 14:21 · BSB

Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LOR…

John 2:16 · BSB

To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

“the balances”

Proverbs 11:1 Proverbs 16:11 Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:36 Amos 8:5 Amos 8:6

Proverbs 11:1 · BSB

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11 · BSB

Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Leviticus 19:35 · BSB

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

Leviticus 19:36 · BSB

You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Amos 8:5 · BSB

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Amos 8:6 · BSB

Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

“he loveth”

Isaiah 3:5 Ezekiel 22:29 Amos 2:7 Amos 3:9 Amos 4:1 Amos 5:11

Isaiah 3:5 · BSB

The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

Ezekiel 22:29 · BSB

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Amos 2:7 · BSB

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 3:9 · BSB

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

Amos 4:1 · BSB

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Amos 5:11 · BSB

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

“oppress”

1 Samuel 12:3

1 Samuel 12:3 · BSB

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I wi…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

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