Malachi 3:13 ““Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask,…”

Malachi 3:13

“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’

American Standard Version

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

Geneva Bible 1599

Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lord: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?

Darby Translation

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee?

Young's Literal Translation

Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: 'What have we spoken against Thee?'

Bible in Basic English

Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

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Cross references

“Your”

Malachi 2:17 Isaiah 37:23 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Exodus 5:2 2 Chronicles 32:14–19 Psalm 10:11

Malachi 2:17 · BSB

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Isaiah 37:23 · BSB

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

2 Chronicles 32:14–19 · BSB

Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

Psalm 10:11 · BSB

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

“What”

Romans 9:20 Malachi 1:6–8 Malachi 2:14 Job 40:8 Jeremiah 8:12 Malachi 3:8

Romans 9:20 · BSB

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Malachi 1:6–8 · BSB

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How…

Malachi 2:14 · BSB

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Job 40:8 · BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

Malachi 3:8 · BSB

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12“Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.

14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

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