MANNAFEST

Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

KJV

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ASV

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

WEB

“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

YLT

Hard against Me have been your words, Said Jehovah, and ye have said: `What have we spoken against Thee?'

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

MalachiThe last Old Testament voice — a prophet in dialogue with a community grown cynical about covenant. ‘I am the LORD, I change not.’

Author
Malachi (1:1) — whose name means ‘my messenger’; possibly a personal name, possibly a title
Date
c. 430 BC, the late post-exilic period (contemporary with Nehemiah's second term)

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