Catholic Public Domain Version
"Shall I justify unfaithful balances, and the deceitful weighing of a small bag? "
— Micah 6:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?”
“Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a 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?”
I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.
The voice of the Lord cries out to the city, “Listen, you tribes,” and who will confirm it? And salvation will be for those who fear your name.
Nevertheless, there is a fire in the house of the impious, the treasury of iniquity, and a small measure, filled with wrath.
Shall I justify unfaithful balances, and the deceitful weighing of a small bag?
By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.
And I, therefore, began to strike you with perdition because of your sins.
You will consume and not be satisfied, and your humiliation will be in your midst. And you will take hold, and not save, and those whom you will save, I will deliver to the sword.