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Hosea 12:7

NETBible	The businessmen love to cheat;¹ they use dishonest scales.²
NIV © biblegateway Hos 12:7	The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.
NASB © biblegateway Hos 12:7	A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.
NLT © biblegateway Hos 12:7	But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales––they love to cheat.
MSG © biblegateway Hos 12:7	The businessmen engage in wholesale fraud. They love to rip people off!
BBE © SABDAweb Hos 12:7	As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
NRSV © bibleoremus Hos 12:7	A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
NKJV © biblegateway Hos 12:7	"A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.
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KJV	[He is] a merchant <03667>_, the balances <03976> of deceit <04820> [are] in his hand <03027>_: he loveth <0157> (8804) to oppress <06231> (8800)_. {a merchant: or, Canaan} {oppress: or, deceive}
NASB © biblegateway Hos 12:7	A merchant <03669> , in whose hands <03027> are false <04820> balances <03976> , He loves <0157> to oppress <06231> .
LXXM	(12:8) canaan <5477> N-PRI en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM zugov <2218> N-NSM adikiav <93> N-GSF katadunasteuein <2616> V-PAN hgaphse <25> V-AAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	The businessmen <03667> love <0157> to cheat <06231> ; they use <03027> dishonest <04820> scales <03976> .
HEBREW	bha <0157> qsel <06231> hmrm <04820> ynzam <03976> wdyb <03027> Nenk <03667> (12:7) <12:8>

NETBible

The businessmen love to cheat;¹ they use dishonest scales.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the merchant…loves to cheat.” The Hebrew has singular forms (noun and verb) which are used generically to refer to all Israelite merchants and traders in general. The singular noun II כְּנַעַן (kÿna’an, “a merchant; a trader”; BDB 488 s.v. II כְּנַעַן) is used in a generic sense to refer to the merchant class of Israel as a whole (e.g., Ezek 16:29; 17:4; Zeph 1:11).

²tn Heb “The merchant – in his hand are scales of deceit – loves to cheat.” The present translation rearranges the Hebrew line division to produce a smoother English rendering.