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Hosea 12:7

World English Bible

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

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Hosea 12:7 in other translations

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

Hosea 12:7 · American Standard Version

Hosea 12:7 in context

  1. 5even Yahweh, the God of Armies;
    Yahweh is his name of renown!
  2. 6Therefore turn to your God.
    Keep kindness and justice,
    and wait continually for your God.
  3. 7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
    He loves to defraud.
  4. 8Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
    I have found myself wealth.
    In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
  5. 9“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.
    I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the solemn feast.