Malachi 3:13

Malachi 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
• New International Version (NIV)“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

Context of Malachi 3:13

11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. 12And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts. Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee? 14Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? 15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.

Malachi 3:13 word by word

חָזְק֥וּ עָלַ֛י דִּבְרֵיכֶ֖ם אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם מַה־נִּדְבַּ֖רְנוּ עָלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Malachi 3:13

• Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
• Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
• 2 Chronicles 32:14Who is there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers have utterly destroyed, that was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
• Job 34:7What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,
• Psalms 10:11He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].
• Isaiah 5:19who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? [In] tithes and heave-offerings.
• Malachi 1:6A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
• Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
• Job 40:8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
• Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
• Romans 9:20Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Commentaries on Malachi 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Your words have been stout against me - He speaks here to open infidels and revilers. What have we spoken - They are ready either to deny the whole, or impudently to maintain and defend what they had spoken!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Your words have been stout against Me - , probably “oppressive to Me,” as it is said, the famine was strong upon the land. And ye have said, “What have we spoken among ourselves against Thee?” Again, the entire unconsciousness of self-ignorance and self-conceit! They had criticized God, and knew it not. “Before, he had said Malachi 2:17. Ye have wearied the Lord with your words, and ye said, Wherein have we wearied Him? When ye said, Every one that doeth…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 Among the Jews at this time, some plainly discovered themselves to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But those who work wickedness, tempt God by presumptuous sins. Judge of things as they will appear when the doom of these proud sinners comes to be executed. Those that feared the Lord, spake kindly, for preserving and promoting mutual love, when sin thus abounded. They spake one to another, in the language of those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Your words against Me have been harsh: The people accused God of favoring wrongdoers and questioned his fairness (see Malachi 2:17). However, the Lord values justice (Psalms 9:16; 37:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1813-18. He notices the complaint of the Jews that it is of no profit to serve Jehovah, for that the ungodly proud are happy; and declares He will soon bring the day when it shall be known that He puts an everlasting distinction between the godly and the ungodly. words ... stout--Hebrew, "hard"; so "the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" (Jude 15) [Henderson]. have we spoken--The Hebrew expresses at once their assiduity and habit…Read the comment

Topics related to Malachi 3:13

• Blasphemy
• Condescension of God
• Infidelity
• Malachi
• Presumption

In the dictionaries

• Change
• Mournfully
• Prove
• Rob
• Malachi
• Stout; Stoutness
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Commentaries on Malachi 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings