American Standard Version
"He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. "
— Hosea 12:7, American Standard Version
“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”
“A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.”
“The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.”
“He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.”
“As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.”
“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”
yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
And 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.
But 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.
I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.