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Malachi 3:14

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14yzYe have said, aIt is vain to serve God:

And awhat profit is it that we have bkept his ordinance,

And that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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Cross references

  1. ych. 2. 17.
  2. zSo ver. 15. See Job 21. 7. & Jer. 12. 1. & Zeph. 1. 12. Comp. Isai. 58. 3.
  3. aSo Job 21. 15. Ecclus. 11. 23.
  4. aSo Job 21. 15. Ecclus. 11. 23.
  5. bSee Zech. 3. 7.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have said, “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Armies?

NLTNew Living Translation

“You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the Lord of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God! What is the gain if we keep his requirements, and if we walk as mourners before Yahweh of hosts?

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God:

And what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance,

And that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?