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Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

KJV

Ergo nunc beatos dicimus arrogantes : siquidem ædificati sunt facientes impietatem, et tentaverunt Deum, et salvi facti sunt.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν ἡμεῖς μακαρίζομεν ἀλλοτρίους, καὶ ἀνοικοδομοῦνται πάντες ποιοῦντες ἄνομα, καὶ ἀντέστησαν θεῷ καὶ ἐσώθησαν.

LXX

and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֕ה אֲנַ֖חְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים זֵדִ֑ים גַּם נִבְנוּ֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י רִשְׁעָ֔ה גַּ֧ם בָּחֲנ֛וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַ/יִּמָּלֵֽטוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
'nchnv
pronoun · 120×
בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ה
h
verb · 95×
זֵדִ֑ים
zdym
adjective · 12×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 17×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
רִשְׁעָ֔ה
rsh'h
noun · 14×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 28.—That the Law of Moses Must Be Spiritually Understood to Preclude the Damnable Murmurs of a Carnal Interpretation. In the succeeding words, “Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel,”14681468 Mal. iv. 4. the prophet opportunely mentions precepts and statutes, after declaring the important distinction hereafter to be made …

Cross-references

  • Amos 9:10 — All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
  • Eccl 8:14 — There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the wo
  • Eccl 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is
  • Exod 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
  • Isa 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
  • Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
  • Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
  • Job 21:7 — Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
  • Job 22:23 — If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
  • Job 24:12 — Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
  • Luke 4:12 — And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Mal 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
  • Matt 4:6 — And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou
  • Matt 4:7 — Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
  • Ps 58:2 — Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: