Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?'
New American Standard Bible
“Your words have been
King James Version
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Holman Bible
“Your words against Me are harsh,”
Yet you ask: “What have we spoken against You?”
International Standard Version
"You have spoken arrogant words against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, "What did we say against you?'
A Conservative Version
Your words have been stout against me, says LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
American Standard Version
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
Amplified
“Your words have been harsh against Me,” says the Lord. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Bible in Basic English
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
Darby Translation
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
Julia Smith Translation
Your words were strong against me, said Jehovah. And ye said, What did we speak against thee?
King James 2000
Your words have been strong against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Your words have been harsh against me," says Yahweh. "But you say, 'How have we spoken together against you?'
Modern King James verseion
Your words have been strong against Me, says Jehovah. Yet you say, What have we spoken against You?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye speak hard words against me, sayeth the LORD. And yet ye say, 'What have we spoken against thee?'
New Heart English Bible
"Your words have been stout against me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
The Emphasized Bible
Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, - and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?
Webster
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
World English Bible
"Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
Youngs Literal Translation
Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: 'What have we spoken against Thee?'
Themes
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Evil » Words evil words of men » Irreverent
Malachi » Reproves God's people for their impiety
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Overflowing Blessing
12 "All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land," says the Lord who rules over all. 13 "You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?' 14 You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" Because you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord's opinion, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?"
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!"
2 Chronicles 32:14-19
Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power?
Job 34:7-8
What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!
Job 40:8
Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."
Isaiah 5:19
They say, "Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!"
Isaiah 28:14-15
Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord.
Malachi 1:6-8
"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?'
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
Malachi 3:8
Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!
Romans 9:20
But who indeed are you -- a mere human being -- to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God's temple, displaying himself as God.