Hosea 12:7

American Standard Version

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

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Hosea 12:7 in other translations

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
He loves to defraud.

Hosea 12:7 · World English Bible

Hosea 12:7 in context

  1. 5even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.
  2. 6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
  3. 7He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
  4. 8And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
  5. 9But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.