Malachi 3:6 ““Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not…”

Malachi 3:6

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

World English Bible

“For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

American Standard Version

For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I am the Lord: I change not, and ye sonnes of Iaakob are not consumed.

Darby Translation

For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Young's Literal Translation

For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.

Bible in Basic English

For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.

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Cross references

“I am”

Jeremiah 32:27 Isaiah 45:5–8 Isaiah 44:6 Isaiah 41:13 Isaiah 42:5–8 Genesis 15:7

Jeremiah 32:27 · BSB

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

Isaiah 45:5–8 · BSB

I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,

Isaiah 44:6 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Isaiah 41:13 · BSB

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Isaiah 42:5–8 · BSB

This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

Genesis 15:7 · BSB

The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

“I change not”

Numbers 23:19 Hebrews 13:8 James 1:17 Hebrews 6:18 1 Samuel 15:29 Revelation 1:8

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Hebrews 13:8 · BSB

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

James 1:17 · BSB

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Hebrews 6:18 · BSB

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

1 Samuel 15:29 · BSB

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

Revelation 1:8 · BSB

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

“therefore”

Isaiah 40:28–31 Romans 8:28–32 Philippians 1:6 Psalm 103:17 Psalm 78:57 Psalm 78:38

Isaiah 40:28–31 · BSB

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Romans 8:28–32 · BSB

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Philippians 1:6 · BSB

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Psalm 103:17 · BSB

But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

Psalm 78:57 · BSB

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

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

In context

5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

7Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

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