Verse
Malachi 3:8 — Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have…
“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”
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The verses around Malachi 3:8.
6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, 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.
Verse explanation
This is the chapter's central accusation: withholding tithes and offerings was treated as robbing God Himself — a tithe was a tenth of one's produce, meant to support the temple and its services.
From the Malachi 3 study in Bible in Stories.
Malachi 3:8 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Roubará o homem a Deus? porque vós me roubaes, e dizeis: Em que te roubámos? nos dizimos e nas offertas alçadas.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Pode o ser humano roubar a Deus? Vós, pois, me roubais. Mas vós dizeis: Em que te roubamos? Nos dízimos e nas ofertas.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
¿Debe el pueblo defraudar a Dios? ¡Aún así ustedes me han defraudado!
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In other languages: Português (Malaquias 3:8) · Español (Malaquías 3:8)
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