King James Version with Apocrypha
"He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress."
— Hosea 12:7, King James Version with Apocrypha
“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”
“He isa trafficker, 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.”
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.