The People Complain Harshly
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
For those who do wickedness are1 raised up;
They even btempt God and go free.’ ”
A Book of Remembrance
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So ca book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who1 meditate on His name.
“On the day that I make them My bjewels.
And cI will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
| << Malachi 3:14 | Malachi 3:16 >> |
American Standard Version
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
Amplified® Bible
And now we consider the proud {and} arrogant to be happy {and} favored; evildoers are exalted {and} prosper; yes, and when they test God, they escape [unpunished].
Contemporary English Version
See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it."
Darby English Version
And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
Good News Bible
As we see it, proud people are the ones who are happy. Evil people not only prosper, but they test God's patience with their evil deeds and get away with it.' "
King James Version
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
New American Standard Bible
`So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.'"
New International Version
But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.' "
New King James Version
So now we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are raised up;
They even tempt God and go free.'"
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only have the doers of wickedness built themselves up but they also test God and escape.'"
Revised Standard Version
Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.'"
Young's Literal Translation
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
| << Malachi 3:14 | Malachi 3:16 >> |
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