8Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.


In Context

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

7 Even from the days of your fathers ye have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, In what shall we return?

8 Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now with this, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Malachi 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8Shall a man afflict God? for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? But ye rob me. And ye say, Wherein do we rob thee? In tithes and heave-offerings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: 'In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!