Micah 6:11

Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

In Context

10Are there yet [in] the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:11A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.

Hosea 12:7Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Matthew Henry on Micah 6:10-16

Accusations and Threatenings. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The Lord 's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their… Read the whole commentary →

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