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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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The Darby Translation
Micah 6:11
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Can I excuse wicked scalesor bags of deceptive weights?
Can I excuse wicked scalesor bags of deceptive weights?
Hebrew Names Version
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
King James Version (1611)
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfull weights?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfull weights?
King James Version
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
English Standard Version
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
New American Standard Bible
"Can I justify dishonest balances, And a bag of fraudulent weights?
"Can I justify dishonest balances, And a bag of fraudulent weights?
New Century Version
Can I forgive people who cheat others with wrong weights and scales?
Can I forgive people who cheat others with wrong weights and scales?
Amplified Bible
"Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
"Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
Legacy Standard Bible
Can I purify wicked scalesAnd a bag of deceptive weights?
Can I purify wicked scalesAnd a bag of deceptive weights?
Berean Standard Bible
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Contemporary English Version
But I, the Lord , will punish you for cheating with weights and with measures.
But I, the Lord , will punish you for cheating with weights and with measures.
Complete Jewish Bible
Should I declare innocent wicked scales and a bag of fraudulent weights?
Should I declare innocent wicked scales and a bag of fraudulent weights?
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people carry special weights that they use to cheat people when they weigh their goods. Should I pardon them?
Some people carry special weights that they use to cheat people when they weigh their goods. Should I pardon them?
George Lamsa Translation
How can they justify themselves with the wicked scales and with the bag of deceitful weights?
How can they justify themselves with the wicked scales and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Good News Translation
How can I forgive those who use false scales and weights?
How can I forgive those who use false scales and weights?
Lexham English Bible
Shall I regard as pure the one with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I regard as pure the one with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Literal Translation
Shall I declare wicked balances to be pure, or a bag of stones of fraud?
Shall I declare wicked balances to be pure, or a bag of stones of fraud?
American Standard Version
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Bible in Basic English
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?
Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,
Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,
English Revised Version
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
World English Bible
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether Y schal iustifie the wickid balaunce, and the gileful weiytis of litil sak,
Whether Y schal iustifie the wickid balaunce, and the gileful weiytis of litil sak,
Update Bible Version
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Webster's Bible Translation
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
New English Translation
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
New King James Version
Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
New Living Translation
How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?
How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?
New Life Bible
Can I make a man not guilty who lies and has false weights in his bag?
Can I make a man not guilty who lies and has false weights in his bag?
New Revised Standard
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?
Revised Standard Version
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Young's Literal Translation
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,
Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,
Contextual Overview
9 Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable? 11 Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins. 14 Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword. 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
count them pure: or, be pure
the wicked: Hosea 12:7
the bag: Proverbs 16:11
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:15 - General Exodus 34:7 - that will by no means clear the guilty Deuteronomy 25:13 - in thy bag Job 31:6 - Let me be weighed in an even balance Proverbs 11:1 - A false balance is Proverbs 20:10 - both Jeremiah 5:27 - so are Ezekiel 22:13 - thy dishonest Ezekiel 45:10 - General Amos 8:5 - making James 2:6 - Do
Cross-References
Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 7:1
And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!
He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!
Genesis 13:13
And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.
And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 34:27
Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.
Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.
Psalms 11:5
Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
Psalms 55:9
Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 140:11
Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances,.... These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of God, signifying that he could not, and would not, allow, countenance, and approve of persons that used false scales or balances; or justify and reckon them just, as they would be thought to be, but condemn them, and pronounce them very wicked men, and deserving of punishment here and hereafter:
and with the bag of deceitful weights? or "stones" o; which were used in weighing goods, and which were deceitful, when a heavier was used in buying, and a lighter in selling. So the Targum,
"and with the bag, in which are weights greater and lesser;''
condemned in Deuteronomy 25:13.
o אבני מרמה "lapidum doli", Piscator; "lapidum fraudis", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shall I count them pure? - Rather, (as the English margin) “Shall I be pure?” The prophet takes for the time their person and bids them judge themselves in him. If it would defile me, how are ye, with all your other sins, not defiled? All these things were expressly forbidden in the law. “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just him, shall ye have” Leviticus 19:35-36; and, “Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteousness are an abomination unto the Lord thy God” (Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:15-16, add Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10). Yet are not these things common even now?
