King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"A huckster keeps false scales, and he loves to cheat.
Berean Standard Bible:
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
American Standard Version:
He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
He is a merchant{H3667}, the balances{H3976} of deceit{H4820} are in his hand{H3027}: he loveth{H157} to oppress{H6231}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Amos 8:5
- Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos 8:6
- That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Proverbs 11:1
- ¶ A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
Micah 6:10
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
Micah 6:11
- Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
James 5:4
- Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
1 Samuel 12:3
- Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
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Commentary for Hosea 12:7
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3667
There are 91 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כְּנַעַן
Transliteration: Kᵉnaʻan
Pronunciation: ken-ah'-an
Description: from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick. - Strong's Number: H3976
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֹאזֵן
Transliteration: môʼzên
Pronunciation: mo-zane'
Description: from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances. - Strong's Number: H4820
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִרְמָה
Transliteration: mirmâh
Pronunciation: meer-maw'
Description: from רָמָה in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery. - Strong's Number: H3027
There are 1447 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָד
Transliteration: yâd
Pronunciation: yawd
Description: a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves. - Strong's Number: H157
There are 257 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָהַב
Transliteration: ʼâhab
Pronunciation: aw-hab'
Description: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. - Strong's Number: H6231
There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָשַׁק
Transliteration: ʻâshaq
Pronunciation: aw-shak'
Description: a primitive root (compare עָשַׂק); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).