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


In Context

1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachias.

2 I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,

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

4 But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.

5 And your eyes shall see, and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.