Micah 6:11
Strong's Lexicon
Can I excuse
הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה (ha·’ez·keh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2135: 1) to be clean, be pure, be clear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be clean, be pure 1a2) to be clear, be justified 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make clean, make pure, keep clean, keep pure 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to cleanse 1c2) to make yourself clean, purify oneself

dishonest
רֶ֑שַׁע (re·ša‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7562: 1) wrong, wickedness, guilt 1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law) 1b) wickedness (of enemies) 1c) wickedness (in ethical relations)

scales
בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי (bə·mō·zə·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 3976: 1) scales, balances

or bags
וּבְכִ֖יס (ū·ḇə·ḵîs)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3599: 1) bag, purse 1a) for weights, money

of false
מִרְמָֽה׃ (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4820: 1) deceit, treachery

weights ?
אַבְנֵ֥י (’aḇ·nê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 68: 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

Young's Literal Translation
Do I reckon [it] pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights ?

New American Standard Bible
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?

King James Bible
Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?

New Living Translation
How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?

English Standard Version
Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?

New American Standard Bible
"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can I excuse wicked scales or bags of deceptive weights?

International Standard Version
Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business?

NET Bible
I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

American Standard Version
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

English Revised Version
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, 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?
















Cross References
Leviticus 19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Zechariah 5:8
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Micah 1:1
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 6:10
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

Micah 6:9
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.

Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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