Hosea 12:7

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Hosea 12:7


← Hosea 12:6 Hosea 12:7 (KJV) Hosea 12:8 →
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He is a merchantH3667, the balancesH3976 of deceitH4820 are in his handH3027: he lovethH157 to oppressH6231.


Original Hebrew

כְּנַעַן בְּיָדֹו מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה לַעֲשֹׁק אָהֵב׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כְּנַ֗עַן
ke.Na.'an H3667 HNp Canaan
בְּ/יָד֛/וֹ
be./ya.D/o H3027 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms (who are) in/ hand/ his
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
moz.Nei H3976 HNcmdc scales of
מִרְמָ֖ה
mir.Mah H4820 HNcfsa deceit
לַ/עֲשֹׁ֥ק
la./'a.Shok H6231 HR/Vqc to/ defraud
אָהֵֽב
'a.Hev H157 HVqp3ms he loves
Strong's References
  • H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב (ʼâhêb) ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
  • H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from כַּף (kaph) H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); ([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.
  • H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע (kânaʻ) H3665; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
  • H3976 — מֹאזֵן (môʼzên, mo-zane'): from אָזַן (ʼâzan) H239; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H6231 — עָשַׁק (ʻâshaq, aw-shak'): a primitive root (compare עָשַׂק (ʻâsaq) H6229); to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow; get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).
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