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Robbing God

Malachi 3:9

In 11 translations

BSB
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
KJV
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
WEB
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
ASV
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
LSV
You are cursed with a curse! And you are deceiving Me—this nation—all of it.
YLT
With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving — this nation — all of it.
DBY
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.
DRC
And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.
GNV
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation.
JPS
Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.
LXXE
And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בַּמְּאֵרָה֙ אַתֶּ֣ם נֵֽאָרִ֔ים וְאֹתִ֖י אַתֶּ֣ם קֹבְעִ֑ים הַגּ֖וֹי כֻּלּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀποβλέποντες ὑμεῖς ἀποβλέπετε, καὶ ἐμὲ ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 28:15–19If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: You will be cursed in the city and…
  • Haggai 2:14–17Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled. Now consider carefully from this day…
  • Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you…
  • Haggai 1:6–11You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” This is what the…
  • Joshua 22:20Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
  • Isaiah 43:28So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
  • Joshua 7:12–13This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you…

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