Parallel Verses
NET Bible
You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me -- this whole nation is guilty.
New American Standard Bible
You are
King James Version
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Holman Bible
You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
International Standard Version
You are cursed under the curse the entire nation because you are robbing me!
A Conservative Version
Ye are cursed with the curse, for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
American Standard Version
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
Amplified
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this whole nation!
Bible in Basic English
You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
Darby Translation
Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, even this whole nation.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye are cursed with a curse: and ye defrauded me, the nation all of it
King James 2000
You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You [are] being cursed with curse, for you [are] robbing me, the whole nation [of you]!
Modern King James verseion
You are cursed with a curse; for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dissemble with me, all the sort of you.
New Heart English Bible
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
The Emphasized Bible
With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, - the whole nation.
Webster
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
World English Bible
You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
Youngs Literal Translation
With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it.
Themes
Backsliding » Select reading mal 37-18 gal 4
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Overflowing Blessing
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. 10 "Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all.
Cross References
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses -- indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
Deuteronomy 28:15-19
"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
Joshua 7:12-13
The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.
Joshua 22:20
When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city's riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!'"
Isaiah 43:28
So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse."
Haggai 1:6-11
You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"
Haggai 2:14-17
Then Haggai responded, "'The people of this nation are unclean in my sight,' says the Lord. 'And so is all their effort; everything they offer is also unclean.