American Standard Version
"Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? "
— Micah 6:11, American Standard Version
“Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?”
“Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?”
“I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.”
“Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?”
“Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?”
“Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?”
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.