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Micah 6:11

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

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הַאֶזְכֶּ֖הhaezkehbe cleanזָכָהparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be clean”, an unfinished actionH2135to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocentbe (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵיbemoznein balancesמֹאזֵןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct — “in balances”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3976(only in the dual) a pair of scalesbalances.רֶ֑שַׁעreshainiquityרֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iniquity”, the ordinary formH7562a wrong (especially moral)iniquity, wicked(-ness).וּבְכִ֖יסuvekhisand in bagכִּיסconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and in bag”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3599a cup; also a bag formoney or weightsbag, cup, purse.אַבְנֵ֥יavnestoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).מִרְמָֽהmirmahcraftמִרְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “craft”, the ordinary formH4820fraudcraft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

World English Bible

Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?

Darby Translation

Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Douay-Rheims

Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δικαιωθήσεται ἐν ζυγῷ ἄνομος, καὶ ἐν μαρσίππῳ στάθμια δόλου,