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Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
“Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Can I be pure [Myself, and acquit the man] with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?
Can I approve wicked scales and a bag of false weights
Should I declare innocent wicked scales and a bag of fraudulent weights?
But I, the Lord, will punish you for cheating with weights and with measures.
Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?
Some people carry special weights that they use to cheat people when they weigh their goods. Should I pardon them?
I will not excuse you people who use false weights. You are not being honest if you weigh things like that.
Can I condone your dishonest scales and your bags full of false weights?
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?
Can I forgive people who cheat others with ·wrong [wicked] weights and [L deceptive] scales [Prov. 11:1]?
Shall I justify the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitful weights?
I cannot tolerate dishonest scales and bags filled with inaccurate weights.
How can I forgive those who use false scales and weights?
Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?
Can I forgive people who cheat others with wrong weights and scales?
Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business?
Can I be pure with false balances and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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?
Can I purify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
Shall I regard as pure the one with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I say ‘Good!’ to all your merchants with their bags of false, deceitful weights? How could God be just while saying that?
“Do you expect me to overlook obscene wealth you’ve piled up by cheating and fraud? Do you think I’ll tolerate shady deals and shifty scheming? I’m tired of the violent rich bullying their way with bluffs and lies. I’m fed up. Beginning now, you’re finished. You’ll pay for your sins down to your last cent. No matter how much you get, it will never be enough— hollow stomachs, empty hearts. No matter how hard you work, you’ll have nothing to show for it— bankrupt lives, wasted souls. You’ll plant grass but never get a lawn. You’ll make jelly but never spread it on your bread. You’ll press apples but never drink the cider. You have lived by the standards of your king, Omri, the decadent lifestyle of the family of Ahab. Because you’ve slavishly followed their fashions, I’m forcing you into bankruptcy. Your way of life will be laughed at, a tasteless joke. Your lives will be derided as futile and fake.”
Should I acquit the scales of wickedness, and the sack of dishonest weights?
I cannot tolerate dishonest scales and bags filled with inaccurate weights.
Shall I acquit crooked scales, bags of false weights?
Can I justify dishonest balances, And a bag of fraudulent weights?
“Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?
Can I overlook rigged scales or a bag of fraudulent weights?
Can I forgive people who cheat others with wrong weights and scales?
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
Should I forgive anyone who uses dishonest scales? They use weights that weigh things heavier or lighter than they really are.
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
Can I make a man not guilty who lies and has false weights in his bag?
How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?
Shall I acquit the one with dishonest scales, and with the bag of mirmah (deceitful) weights? [T.N. see Moshiach without mirmah, Yeshayah 53:9]
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?
Can I be pure with wicked balances? Or with a bag of deceptive weights?
Can I overlook the one who uses crooked scales and bags of dishonest weights to cheat the innocent?
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Whether I shall justify the wicked balance, and the guileful weights of a little sack, (Can I justify a wicked, or a false, balance, and a bag of deceitful weights,)
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
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