Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
KJV
Numquid justificabo stateram impiam, et saccelli pondera dolosa ?
Vulgate
εἰ δικαιωθήσεται ἐν ζυγῷ ἄνομος, καὶ ἐν μαρσίππῳ στάθμια δόλου;
LXX
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
ASV
הַ/אֶזְכֶּ֖ה בְּ/מֹ֣אזְנֵי רֶ֑שַׁע וּ/בְ/כִ֖יס אַבְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
זִכִּ֣יתִי
zkyty
verb · 8×
ךָ֖
k
noun · 6×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
רֶ֑שַׁע
rsh'
noun · 30×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hos 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
- Lev 19:36 — Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Prov 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Zech 5:8 — And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.