4and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord , as in days gone by, as in former years.


In Context

1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the Lord Almighty.

2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,

4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord , as in days gone by, as in former years.

5 "So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the Lord Almighty.

6 "I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

Malachi 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the oblation of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4And sweet to Jehovah hath been the present of Judah and Jerusalem, As in days of old, and as in former years.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.