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Malachi 3:15

PrideJusticeDoubt

13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

14 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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BSB
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
KJV
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
WEB
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
ASV
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
DARBY
And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
BLB
And now we call blessed the arrogant. Also are raised up those doing wickedness; they even test God and escape.’”
ÅB
Og nå priser vi de overmodige lykkelige; ikke alene trives de vel de som lever ugudelig, men de har satt Gud på prøve og har allikevel sloppet fri.
OTB
Og nå anser vi de stolte som lykkelige; ja, de som gjør ondt, blir opphøyet, og de som utfordrer Gud, slipper unna.'"
B1930
Og nu priser vi de overmodige lykkelige; ikke alene trives de vel de som lever ugudelig, men de har satt Gud på prøve og har allikevel sloppet fri.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 12:1–2

    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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  • Job 21:7–15

    Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

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  • Malachi 4:1

    “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

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  • Malachi 2:17

    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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  • Job 22:23

    If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

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  • Matthew 4:6–7

    “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

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  • Psalms 78:41

    Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Job 21:30

    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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