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Hosea 12:7

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

KJV

Chanaan, in manu ejus statera dolosa, calumniam dilexit.

Vulgate

Χανάαν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ζυγὸς ἀδικίας, καταδυναστεύειν ἠγάπησε.

LXX

He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

ASV

וְ/אַתָּ֖ה בֵּ/אלֹהֶ֣י/ךָ תָשׁ֑וּב חֶ֤סֶד וּ/מִשְׁפָּט֙ שְׁמֹ֔ר וְ/קַוֵּ֥ה אֶל אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ תָּמִֽיד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
י
y
noun · 422×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 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
  • 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • Acts 19:25 — Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
  • Amos 2:7 — That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
  • Amos 3:9 — Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppres
  • Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu
  • 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 8:5 — 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?
  • Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
  • Ezek 22:29 — The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
  • Ezek 28:5 — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
  • Hos 11:12 — Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
  • Isa 3:5 — And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
  • Jas 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
  • John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
  • John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
  • Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Mark 11:17 — And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
  • Mic 3:1 — And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
  • Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
  • Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
  • Mic 6:11 — Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
  • Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
  • Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
  • Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
  • Prov 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
  • Ps 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
  • Zech 14:21 — Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more t
  • Zech 14:21 — Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more t
  • Zeph 1:11 — Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.