Malachi 3:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”

Malachi 3:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Malachi 3:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Malachi 3:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.”

Malachi 3:8 — World English Bible

Malachi 3:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. ”

Malachi 3:8 — American Standard Version

Malachi 3:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!”

Malachi 3:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Malachi 3:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Will a man robGod? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? [In] tithes and heave-offerings. ”

Malachi 3:8 — Darby Translation

Malachi 3:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings.”

Malachi 3:8 — Geneva Bible

Malachi 3:8 in Context — Malachi 3

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.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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What Does Malachi 3:8 Mean?

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