Malachi 3:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Malachi 3:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Malachi 3:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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Malachi 3:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’”

Malachi 3:15 — World English Bible

Malachi 3:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Malachi 3:15 — American Standard Version

Malachi 3:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Malachi 3:15 — Young's Literal Translation

Malachi 3:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they temptGod, and they escape. ”

Malachi 3:15 — Darby Translation

Malachi 3:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Malachi 3:15 — Geneva Bible

Malachi 3:15 in Context — Malachi 3

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.

17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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What Does Malachi 3:15 Mean?

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