Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!
New American Standard Bible
“Will a man
King James Version
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Holman Bible
“Will a man rob
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
International Standard Version
"Will a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you ask, "How are we robbing you?' "By the tithe and the offering.
A Conservative Version
Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
American Standard Version
Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Amplified
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings [you have withheld].
Bible in Basic English
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.
Darby Translation
Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.
Julia Smith Translation
Will man defraud God? For ye defraud me. And ye said, In what did we defraud thee? The tenths and the offerings.
King James 2000
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, How have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
Modern King James verseion
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Should a man use falsity and deceit with God, as ye use falsity and deceit with me? Yet ye say, 'Wherein use we deceit with thee?' In tithes and heave offerings.
New Heart English Bible
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
The Emphasized Bible
Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.
Webster
Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
World English Bible
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
Youngs Literal Translation
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!
Themes
Backsliding » Select reading mal 37-18 gal 4
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Malachi » Reproves God's people for their impiety
Offerings » Withheld see offerings; withheld » Withheld
Offerings » The jews often » Defrauded God of
Parsimony » General references to
Parsimony » In withholding offerings
Parsimony (stinginess) » Of the jews » Toward God
Presumption » Instances of » In reviling God
Interlinear
'elohiym
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 3:8
Images Malachi 3:8
Prayers for Malachi 3:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Overflowing Blessing
7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord who rules over all. "But you say, 'How should we return?' 8 Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions! 9 You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me -- this whole nation is guilty.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:15-16
"When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord's holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering.
Leviticus 27:2-34
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,
Numbers 18:21-32
See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform -- the service of the tent of meeting.
Joshua 7:11
Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.
Nehemiah 13:4-14
But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms of the temple of our God.
Psalm 29:2
Acknowledge the majesty of the Lord's reputation! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
Malachi 1:8
For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 1:13
You also say, 'How tiresome it is.' You turn up your nose at it," says the Lord who rules over all, "and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?" asks the Lord.
Matthew 22:21
They replied, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
Mark 12:17
Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him.
Luke 20:25
So he said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
Romans 2:22
You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Romans 13:7
Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.