15And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.


In Context

12 And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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

14 Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

15 And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.

16 Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

17 And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Malachi 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.' "

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and are delivered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; even they that tempt God are delivered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'