Hosea 12:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Hosea 12:7

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Hosea 12

⁵ the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.

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

⁷ A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

⁸ And 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.”

⁹ But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

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