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World English Bible

Malachi 3 (WEBP)

[1] “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.
[2] “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
[3] and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
[4] Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years.
[5] I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[6] “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
[7] 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?’
[8] Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
[9] You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
[10] Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.
[11] I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[12] “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[13] “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’
[14] You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
[15] Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
[16] Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.
[17] They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
[18] Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Malachi 3 (KJVS)

[1] Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
[2] But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
[3] and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
[4] Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
[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.
[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.
[11] And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
[12] And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
[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.
[18] Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Malachi 3:4 Or, ancient
Malachi 3:5 Or, defraud
Malachi 3:11 Heb. corrupt
Malachi 3:14a Heb. observation
Malachi 3:14b Heb. in black
Malachi 3:15 Heb. are built
Malachi 3:17 Or, special treasure

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Malachi 3 (BYZ)

[1] Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐξαποστέλλω () τὸν () ἄγγελόν () μου, () καὶ () ἐπιβλέψεται () ὁδὸν () πρὸ () προσώπου () μου, () καὶ () ἐξαίφνης () ἥξει () εἰς () τὸν () ναὸν () ἑαυτοῦ () κύριος, () ὃν () ὑμεῖς () ζητεῖτε, () καὶ () ὁ () ἄγγελος () τῆς () διαθήκης, () ὃν () ὑμεῖς () θέλετε· () ἰδοὺ () ἔρχεται, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[2] Καὶ () τίς () ὑπομενεῖ () ἡμέραν () εἰσόδου () αὐτοῦ; () Ἢ () τίς () ὑποστήσεται ἐν () τῇ () ὀπτασίᾳ () αὐτοῦ; () Διότι () αὐτὸς () εἰσπορεύεται () ὡς () πῦρ () χωνευτηρίου καὶ () ὡς () πόα πλυνόντων. ()
[3] Καὶ () καθιεῖται () χωνεύων καὶ () καθαρίζων () ὡς () τὸ () ἀργύριον () καὶ () ὡς () τὸ () χρυσίον· () καὶ () καθαρίσει () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Λευι () καὶ () χεεῖ αὐτοὺς () ὡς () τὸ () χρυσίον () καὶ () ὡς () τὸ () ἀργύριον· () καὶ () ἔσονται () τῷ () κυρίῳ () προσάγοντες () θυσίαν () ἐν () δικαιοσύνῃ. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἀρέσει () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θυσία () Ιουδα καὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () καθὼς () αἱ () ἡμέραι () τοῦ () αἰῶνος () καὶ () καθὼς () τὰ () ἔτη () τὰ () ἔμπροσθεν. ()
[5] Καὶ () προσάξω () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () ἐν () κρίσει () καὶ () ἔσομαι () μάρτυς () ταχὺς () ἐπὶ () τὰς () φαρμακοὺς () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () μοιχαλίδας () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ὀμνύοντας () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου () ἐπὶ () ψεύδει () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ἀποστεροῦντας () μισθὸν () μισθωτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () καταδυναστεύοντας () χήραν () καὶ () τοὺς () κονδυλίζοντας ὀρφανοὺς () καὶ () τοὺς () ἐκκλίνοντας () κρίσιν () προσηλύτου () καὶ () τοὺς () μὴ () φοβουμένους () με, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[6] Διότι () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὑμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠλλοίωμαι· καὶ () ὑμεῖς, () υἱοὶ () Ιακωβ, () οὐκ () ἀπέχεσθε ()
[7] ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀδικιῶν () τῶν () πατέρων () ὑμῶν, () ἐξεκλίνατε () νόμιμά μου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐφυλάξασθε. () Ἐπιστρέψατε () πρός () με, () καὶ () ἐπιστραφήσομαι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. () Καὶ () εἴπατε () Ἐν () τίνι () ἐπιστρέψωμεν; ()
[8] Εἰ () πτερνιεῖ ἄνθρωπος () θεόν; () Διότι () ὑμεῖς () πτερνίζετέ με. () Καὶ () ἐρεῖτε () Ἐν () τίνι () ἐπτερνίκαμέν σε; () Ὅτι () τὰ () ἐπιδέκατα καὶ () αἱ () ἀπαρχαὶ () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν () εἰσιν· ()
[9] καὶ () ἀποβλέποντες () ὑμεῖς () ἀποβλέπετε, () καὶ () ἐμὲ () ὑμεῖς () πτερνίζετε· τὸ () ἔθνος () συνετελέσθη. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἰσηνέγκατε () πάντα () τὰ () ἐκφόρια εἰς () τοὺς () θησαυρούς, () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἔσται () ἡ () διαρπαγὴ αὐτοῦ. () Ἐπισκέψασθε () δὴ () ἐν () τούτῳ, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ἀνοίξω () ὑμῖν () τοὺς () καταρράκτας τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () ἐκχεῶ () ὑμῖν () τὴν () εὐλογίαν () μου () ἕως () τοῦ () ἱκανωθῆναι· ()
[11] καὶ () διαστελῶ () ὑμῖν () εἰς () βρῶσιν () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () διαφθείρω () ὑμῶν () τὸν () καρπὸν () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀσθενήσῃ () ὑμῶν () ἡ () ἄμπελος () ἡ () ἐν () τῷ () ἀγρῷ, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[12] Καὶ () μακαριοῦσιν () ὑμᾶς () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () διότι () ἔσεσθε () ὑμεῖς () γῆ () θελητή, λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[13] Ἐβαρύνατε () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τοὺς () λόγους () ὑμῶν, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () εἴπατε () Ἐν () τίνι () κατελαλήσαμεν () κατὰ () σοῦ; ()
[14] Εἴπατε () Μάταιος () ὁ () δουλεύων () θεῷ, () καὶ () τί () πλέον () ὅτι () ἐφυλάξαμεν () τὰ () φυλάγματα αὐτοῦ () καὶ () διότι () ἐπορεύθημεν () ἱκέται πρὸ () προσώπου () κυρίου () παντοκράτορος; ()
[15] Καὶ () νῦν () ἡμεῖς () μακαρίζομεν () ἀλλοτρίους, () καὶ () ἀνοικοδομοῦνται () πάντες () ποιοῦντες () ἄνομα () καὶ () ἀντέστησαν () θεῷ () καὶ () ἐσώθησαν. ()
[16] Ταῦτα () κατελάλησαν () οἱ () φοβούμενοι () τὸν () κύριον, () ἕκαστος () πρὸς () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () προσέσχεν () κύριος () καὶ () εἰσήκουσεν () καὶ () ἔγραψεν () βιβλίον () μνημοσύνου () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ () τοῖς () φοβουμένοις () τὸν () κύριον () καὶ () εὐλαβουμένοις () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔσονταί () μοι, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ, () εἰς () ἡμέραν, () ἣν () ἐγὼ () ποιῶ () εἰς () περιποίησιν, () καὶ () αἱρετιῶ () αὐτοὺς () ὃν () τρόπον () αἱρετίζει () ἄνθρωπος () τὸν () υἱὸν () αὐτοῦ () τὸν () δουλεύοντα () αὐτῷ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἐπιστραφήσεσθε () καὶ () ὄψεσθε () ἀνὰ () μέσον () δικαίου () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἀνόμου () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τοῦ () δουλεύοντος () θεῷ () καὶ () τοῦ () μὴ () δουλεύοντος. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.