Malachi 3:15

In 11 translations

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.are set up: Heb. are built

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.

LSV

And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, || Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, || Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.

YLT

And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'

DBY

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

DRC

Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

GNV

Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

JPS

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they try God, and are delivered.'

LXXE

And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and yet have been delivered.

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WLC

וְעַתָּ֕ה אֲנַ֖חְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִ֣ים זֵדִ֑ים גַּם־נִבְנוּ֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י רִשְׁעָ֔ה גַּ֧ם בָּחֲנ֛וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַיִּמָּלֵֽטוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ νῦν ἡμεῖς μακαρίζομεν ἀλλοτρίους, καὶ ἀνοικοδομοῦνται πάντες ποιοῦντες ἄνομα, καὶ ἀντέστησαν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐσώθησαν.

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• Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous 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? You planted them, and they have…
• 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…
• Job 21:7–15Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is…
• Malachi 2:17You 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?”
• Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
• 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…
• Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
• Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
• Acts 12:21On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
• Esther 5:10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
• Habakkuk 1:13–17Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? You have made men…
• Daniel 5:20–28But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him. He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast.…
• Ecclesiastes 9:1–2So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. It is the same for all: There is a common…
• Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.

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