Malachi 3:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?”
Malachi 3:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Malachi 3:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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Malachi 3:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?”
Malachi 3:14 — World English Bible
Malachi 3:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? ”
Malachi 3:14 — American Standard Version
Malachi 3:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?”
Malachi 3:14 — Young's Literal Translation
Malachi 3:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Ye say, It is vain to serveGod; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? ”
Malachi 3:14 — Darby Translation
Malachi 3:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?”
Malachi 3:14 — Geneva Bible
Malachi 3:14 in Context — Malachi 3
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
What Does Malachi 3:14 Mean?
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