The Meaning of Micah 6:11 Explained

Micah 6:11

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

YLT: Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Micah 6:11 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Likewise dishonest scales and inaccurate weights used in commercial transactions were things God could not declare were all right. Ancient weights and measures were not as exact as our modern equivalents, varying as much as six percent. [1] Micah"s contemporaries were stretching the limits beyond what was acceptable.

Context Summary

Micah 6:1-16 - "what Doth The Lord Require Of Thee?"
In Micah 6:1-4 the prophet returns from his vision of the future to the actual condition of his people, which was utterly desperate. The mountains, as the most enduring monuments of nature, are summoned as witnesses in the great trial between Jehovah and His people. Like Israel, we have been delivered from the house of bondage with infinite love, but how wayward and willful we have been! Micah 6:5-8 prove the impotence of a religion which is only external.
Few have known more sublime truth than Baalim, Micah 6:5, but he loved the wages of unrighteousness; and this eclipsed the divine radiance that became overcast and finally overwhelmed. Micah 6:9-11 reveal the fruitlessness of a life of sin. Sooner or later nature herself becomes unresponsive-sowing, but no harvest; the treading of the press, but no juice. The only path to real satisfaction and peace is in the love and faithful service of God. Why are we so slow to tread it? [source]

Chapter Summary: Micah 6

1  God's punishment for ingratitude;
6  for ignorance,
10  for injustice;
16  and for idolatry

What do the individual words in Micah 6:11 mean?

shall I count pure [those] with the scales wicked and with the bag of weights deceitful
הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי רֶ֑שַׁע וּבְכִ֖יס אַבְנֵ֥י ؟ מִרְמָֽה

הַאֶזְכֶּ֖ה  shall  I  count  pure 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: זָכָה  
Sense: to be clean, be pure, be clear.
בְּמֹ֣אזְנֵי  [those]  with  the  scales 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, mdc
Root: מֹאזְנַיִם  
Sense: scales, balances.
רֶ֑שַׁע  wicked 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֶשַׁע  
Sense: wrong, wickedness, guilt.
וּבְכִ֖יס  and  with  the  bag 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כִּיס  
Sense: bag, purse.
אַבְנֵ֥י  of  weights 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
؟ מִרְמָֽה  deceitful 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִרְמָה  
Sense: deceit, treachery.

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