Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"You have spoken arrogant words against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, "What did we say against 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?”
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?'
NET Bible
"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?'
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 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. 13 "You have spoken arrogant words against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, "What did we say against you?' 14 You said, "It is futile to serve God,' and, "What did we get out of it when we carried out his requirements and went about like mourners in the presence of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies?'
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Malachi 2:17
"You have wearied the LORD with your words. You ask, "How have we wearied you?' By your saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD and he's pleased with them,' or "Where is the God of justice?'"
Exodus 5:2
Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I don't know about the LORD, nor will I let Israel go!"
2 Chronicles 32:14-19
What god, out of all the gods of those nations that my predecessors utterly destroyed, has been able to deliver his people from my control or from the control of my predecessors?
Job 34:7-8
"What man is like Job, who drinks mockery like water,
Job 40:8
Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?
Psalm 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
Isaiah 5:19
who say: "Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"
Isaiah 28:14-15
"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you insulted and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed because they have done what is repugnant to God? They weren't ashamed at all; they don't even know how to blush! Therefore they'll fall with those who fall. When I punish them, they'll be brought down," says the LORD.
Malachi 1:6-8
"A son honors his father and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where is my honor? And if I'm a master, where is my respect?" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies to you priests who are despising my name. "But you ask, "How have we despised your name?'
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.
Malachi 3:8
"Will a person rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you ask, "How are we robbing you?' "By the tithe and the offering.
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and himself declares that he is God.