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Robbing God

Malachi 3:6

In 11 translations

BSB
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
KJV
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
WEB
“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
ASV
For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
LSV
“For I, YHWH, have not changed, || And you, the sons of Jacob, || You have not been consumed.
YLT
For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
DBY
For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
DRC
For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.
GNV
For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sonnes of Iaakob are not consumed.
JPS
For I the LORD change not; and ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
LXXE
For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed:

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א שָׁנִ֑יתִי וְאַתֶּ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֹ֥א כְלִיתֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἠλλοίωμαι·

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👤 God👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Prophecies of Malachi

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  • Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
  • James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
  • Lamentations 3:22–23Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
  • Jeremiah 32:27“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
  • Isaiah 40:28–31Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. He gives power to the faint and…
  • Romans 8:28–32And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that…
  • Exodus 3:14–15God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God…
  • Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
  • 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
  • Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
  • Revelation 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
  • Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
  • Isaiah 45:5–8I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me, so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am…
  • Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. To this He called you…

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