And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
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Verse 8 is found in chapter 12 of Hosea. Ephraim is compared to a merchant who uses dishonest scales and claims to have acquired wealth without guilt. The problem is not simply possessing goods, but denying injustice while prospering through dishonest practices. God recalls having brought the people out of Egypt and again announces a condition resembling life in tents. Wealth cannot erase the historical dependence on God.
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Aber Kanaan hat eine falsche Waage in seiner Hand und betrügt gern.
Y dijo Ephraim: Ciertamente yo he enriquecido, hallado he riquezas para mí: nadie hallará en mí iniquidad, ni pecado en todos mis trabajos.
Et Ephraïm dit: A la vérité, je me suis enrichi, J'ai acquis de la fortune; Mais c'est entièrement le produit de mon travail; On ne trouvera chez moi aucune iniquité, rien qui soit un crime.
Ed Efraim ha detto: Io son pure arricchito; io mi sono acquistate delle facoltà; tutti i miei acquisti non mi hanno cagionata iniquità, che sia peccato.
E diz Efraim: Contudo me tenho enriquecido, e tenho adquirido para mim grandes bens; em todo o meu trabalho não acharão em mim iniqüidade alguma que seja pecado.
以法蓮 說: 我果然富有,得了財寶; 我所勞碌得來的一切 人必找不到我有甚麼可算為有罪的惡。
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