Malachi 3:8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we ro…”

Malachi 3:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, 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.

Young's 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!

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.

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Cross references

“a man”

Matthew 22:21 Mark 12:17 Psalm 29:2 Luke 20:25 Romans 13:7 Proverbs 3:9

Matthew 22:21 · BSB

“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Mark 12:17 · BSB

Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

Psalm 29:2 · BSB

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness.

Luke 20:25 · BSB

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Romans 13:7 · BSB

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Proverbs 3:9 · BSB

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;

“In”

Malachi 1:13 Numbers 18:21–32 Leviticus 27:2–34 Joshua 7:11 Romans 2:22 Malachi 1:8

Malachi 1:13 · BSB

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Numbers 18:21–32 · BSB

Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 27:2–34 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

Joshua 7:11 · BSB

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own p…

Romans 2:22 · BSB

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Malachi 1:8 · BSB

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LOR…

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

In context

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?’

9You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

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