3and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.


In Context

1 The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.

2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

3 and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

4 If Edom say, We are broken down, but we will build again the ruined places, thus saith Jehovah of hosts: They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them the territory of wickedness, and the people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

5 And your eyes shall see it, and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified beyond the border of Israel.

Malachi 1:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3Is not Esau Jacob's brother? — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.