Malachi 3:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?”
Malachi 3:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Malachi 3:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Malachi 3:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’”
Malachi 3:7 — World English Bible
Malachi 3:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return? ”
Malachi 3:7 — American Standard Version
Malachi 3:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?'”
Malachi 3:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Malachi 3:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Since the days of your fathers have ye departed from my statutes, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return? ”
Malachi 3:7 — Darby Translation
Malachi 3:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“From the dayes of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?”
Malachi 3:7 — Geneva Bible
Malachi 3:7 in Context — Malachi 3
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
What Does Malachi 3:7 Mean?
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