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Malachi 3:13
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“Your words against me are harsh,” says the Lord.
Your words haue bin stout against me, saith the Lord, yet ye say, What haue we spoken so much against thee?
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord . Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
"Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord . But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?'
"Your words have been arrogant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
The Lord says, "You have said terrible things about me. "But you ask, ‘What have we said about you?'
"Your words have been harsh against Me," says the LORD. "But you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lorde: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?
"Your words have been arrogant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'
"Your words have been strong against Me," says Yahweh. "But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?'
"Your words against Me have been harsh," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, 'What have we spoken against You?'
You have said horrible things about me, and yet you ask, "What have we said?"
"You have spoken strongly against me," says Adonai . "Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?'
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?
The Lord says, "You said cruel things to me." But you ask, "What did we say about you?"
Your words have been grievous against me, says the LORD. And you say, What have we spoken against thee?
"You have said terrible things about me," says the Lord . "But you ask, ‘What have we said about you?'
"Your words have been harsh against me," says Yahweh. "But you say, ‘How have we spoken together against you?'
Your words have been strong against Me, says Jehovah. Yet you say, What have we spoken against you?
Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?
Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?
"Your words have been stout against me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
Your wordes haue ben stout against me saith the lorde: and you saide, Wherein haue we spoken against thee?
Ye have spoken grievous words against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye said, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?
"Your words have been stout against me," says Yahweh. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
Youre wordis wexiden strong on me, seith the Lord; and ye seiden, What han we spokun ayens thee?
Your words have been stout against me, says Yahweh. Yet you say, What have we spoken against you?
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?
"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord , "but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?'
"Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the LORD, "Yet you say, "What have we spoken against You?'
"You have said terrible things about me," says the Lord . "But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?'
"Your words have been spoken in pride against Me," says the Lord. "Yet you say, ‘What have we said against You?'
You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord . Yet you say, "How have we spoken against you?"
Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh, - and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?
Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.
"Your words have been stout against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'How have we spoken against thee?'
Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'
Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me, sayeth the LORDE. And yet ye saye: What haue we spoken agaynst the?
God says, "You have spoken hard, rude words to me. "You ask, ‘When did we ever do that?'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Your: Malachi 2:17, Exodus 5:2, 2 Chronicles 32:14-19, Job 34:7, Job 34:8, Psalms 10:11, Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 28:15, Isaiah 37:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:4
What: Malachi 3:8, Malachi 1:6-8, Malachi 2:14, Malachi 2:17, Job 40:8, Jeremiah 8:12, Romans 9:20
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:3 - let not arrogancy 1 Samuel 15:14 - What meaneth Job 1:11 - and he will curse thee Job 15:3 - he reason Job 15:13 - and lettest Job 15:25 - he stretcheth Psalms 12:3 - tongue Psalms 139:4 - there is not Isaiah 3:8 - because Isaiah 9:9 - in the pride Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 46:12 - ye stouthearted Jeremiah 28:10 - took Jeremiah 44:18 - we have Ezekiel 11:5 - Thus have Ezekiel 18:25 - way Ezekiel 24:19 - General Ezekiel 35:13 - with Hosea 7:13 - spoken Hosea 12:8 - they Malachi 1:2 - Wherein Malachi 3:7 - Wherein Matthew 25:44 - when 1 Peter 4:5 - shall
Cross-References
And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'
And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.'
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'
And Samuel said: 'What hast thou done?' And Saul said: 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;
Then Joab came to the king, and said: 'What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord,.... Hard and strong; they bore very hardly upon him, were exceeding impudent and insolent; murmuring at his providence; arraigning his justice and goodness; and despising his word, worship, and ordinances. Aben Ezra says, this is a prophecy concerning the time to come, that is, the times of the Messiah; and so it describes the Jews in his times.
Yet ye say, what have we spoken [so much] against thee? or "what have we spoken against thee?" as if they were not guilty in any respect, and as if nothing could be proved against them; and as though the Lord did not know what they had said in their hearts, seeing they had not spoken it with their mouths: though the supplement of our translators, "so much", is confirmed by the Targum, which is,
"and if ye say, how (or in what) have we multiplied speech before thee?''
and so Kimchi observes, that the form in which the Hebrew word is denotes much and frequent speaking: and Abarbinel agrees with him, though he rather thinks it has this sense, "what are we spoken of to thee?" what calumny is this? what accusation do they bring against us to thee? what is it that is reported we say against thee? thus wiping their mouths, as if they were innocent and harmless.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Your words have been stout against Me - , probably âoppressive to Me,â as it is said, the famine was strong upon the land. And ye have said, âWhat have we spoken among ourselves against Thee?â Again, the entire unconsciousness of self-ignorance and self-conceit! They had criticized God, and knew it not. âBefore, he had said Malachi 2:17. âYe have wearied the Lord with your words, and ye said, Wherein have we wearied Him? When ye said, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lordââ etc.
Now he repeats this more fully. For the people who returned from Babylon seemed to have a knowledge of God, and to observe the law, and to understand their sin, and to offer sacrifices for sin; to pay tithes, to observe the sabbath, and the rest, commanded in the law of God, and seeing all the nations around them abounding in all things, and that they themselves were in penury, hunger and misery, was scandalized and said, âWhat does it benefit me, that I worship the One True God, abominate idols, and, pricked with the consciousness of sin, walk mournfully before God?â A topic, which is pursued more largely in Psalms 73:0.â Only the Psalmist relates his temptations to God, and Godâs deliverance of him from them; these adopted them and spake them against God. They claim, for their partial and meagre service, to have fulfilled Godâs law, taking to themselves Godâs words of Abraham, âhe kept My chargeâ .
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Malachi 3:13. Your words have been stout against me — He speaks here to open infidels and revilers.
What have we spoken — They are ready either to deny the whole, or impudently to maintain and defend what they had spoken!
