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Malachi 3:14
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Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?
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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?
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And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Ye have saidH559, It is vainH7723 to serveH5647 GodH430: and what profitH1215 is it that we have keptH8104 his ordinanceH4931, and that we have walkedH1980 mournfullyH6941 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635?
Original Hebrew
אֲמַרְתֶּם שָׁוְא עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים וּמַה־בֶּצַע כִּי שָׁמַרְנוּ מִשְׁמַרְתֹּו וְכִי הָלַכְנוּ קְדֹרַנִּית מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם |
'a.mar.Tem | H559 | HVqp2mp | you have said |
שָׁ֖וְא |
shav' | H7723 | HNcmsa | (is) futility |
עֲבֹ֣ד |
'a.Vod | H5647 | HVqc | to serve |
אֱלֹהִ֑ים |
'E.lo.Him | H430 | HNcmpa | God |
וּ/מַה |
u./mah- | H4100 | HC/Ti | and/ what? |
בֶּ֗צַע |
Be.tza' | H1215 | HNcmsa | (is the) profit |
כִּ֤י |
ki | H3588 | HC | that |
שָׁמַ֨רְנוּ֙ |
sha.Mar.nu | H8104 | HVqp1cp | we have kept |
מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔/וֹ |
mish.mar.T/o | H4931 | HNcfsc/Sp3ms | charge/ his |
וְ/כִ֤י |
ve./Khi | H3588 | HC/C | and/ that |
הָלַ֨כְנוּ֙ |
ha.Lakh.nu | H1980 | HVqp1cp | we have walked |
קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית |
ke.Do.ra.Nit | H6941 | HD | mournfully |
מִ/פְּנֵ֖י |
mi./pe.Nei | H6440 | HR/Ncbpc | from/ before |
יְהוָ֥ה |
Yah.weh | H3068 | HNp | Yahweh |
צְבָאֽוֹת |
tze.va.'ot | H6635 | HNcbpa | of hosts |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H1215 — בֶּצַע (betsaʻ, beh'-tsah): from בָּצַע; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust); covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
- H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
- H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
- H4931 — מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmereth, mish-mer'-reth): feminine of מִשְׁמָר; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party; charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
- H5647 — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
- H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
- H6635 — צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, tsaw-baw'): or (feminine) צְבָאָה; from צָבָא; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship); appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
- H6941 — קְדֹרַנִּית (qᵉdôrannîyth, ked-o-ran-neeth'): adverb from קָדַר; blackish ones (i.e. in sackcloth); used adverbially, in mourning weeds; mournfully.
- H7723 — שָׁוְא (shâvᵉʼ, shawv): or שַׁו; from the same as שׁוֹא in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain); false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
- H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
- H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- and that — Isaiah 58:3, Joel 2:12, Zechariah 7:3-6, James 4:9
- It is — Job 21:14-15, Job 22:17, Job 34:9, Job 35:3, Psalms 73:8-13, Isaiah 58:3, Zephaniah 1:12
Reciprocal references (24): Genesis 25:32, Exodus 5:9, Numbers 11:11, Job 1:11, Job 2:9, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 73:13, Isaiah 43:22, Isaiah 45:19, Ezekiel 11:5, Malachi 1:2, Malachi 1:6, Malachi 3:18, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 20:12, Matthew 25:24, Mark 7:7, Mark 8:36, Luke 15:29, Luke 19:21, Romans 3:1, 1 Corinthians 15:32, James 1:26
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: RIGHTEOUSNESS-UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
- Nave’s: BLASPHEMY, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, GOD, HYPOCRISY, INFIDELITY, MALACHI, MURMURING, SKEPTICISM, VANITY
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