Micah 6 · Verse 11

Micah 6:11

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Micah 6:11, King James Version

Micah 6:11 in other translations

BSBCan I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
WEBShall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
ASVShall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
YLTDo I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
DARBYShall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
BBEIs it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
WebsterShall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

What does Micah 6:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Shall I count them pure--literally, "Shall I be pure with?" &c. With the pure God shows Himself pure; but with the froward God shows Himself froward (Psa 18:26). Men often are changeable in their judgments. But God, in the case of the impure who use "wicked balances," cannot be pure, that is, cannot deal with them as He would with the pure. Vatablus and Henderson make the "I" to be "any one"; "Can I (that is, one) be innocent with wicked balances?" But as "I," in Mi 6:13, refers to Jehovah, it must refer to Him also here. the bag--in which weights used to be carried, as well as money (De 25:13; Pr 16:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 6:9-16

God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. The voice of God is to be heard in the rod of God. Those who are dishonest in their…

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Micah 6:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַאֶזְכֶּ֖הha.'ez.Keh¿ will I be clearH2135
בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵיbe.Mo.ze.neiwith balances ofH3976
רֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'wickednessH7562
וּבְכִ֖יסu.ve.Khisand with a bag ofH3599
אַבְנֵ֥י'av.Neiweights ofH68
מִרְמָֽה\׃mir.MahdeceitH4820

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 6:11

  • Hosea 12:7

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

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 16:11

    A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
count them pure. or, be pure. the wicked.
Ho 12:7
the bag.
Pr 16:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Micah 6:10

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

  • Micah 6:11

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

  • Micah 6:12

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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Micah 6:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Seré limpio con peso falso, y con bolsa de engañosas pesas?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Serai-je pur avec une balance inique et avec un sac de faux poids?
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Sollte ich rein sein bei der Waage der Gesetzlosigkeit und bei einem Beutel mit betrügerischen Gewichtsteinen?"
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid justificabo stateram impiam, et saccelli pondera dolosa?