Malachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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ASV
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
KJV
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
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Commentary
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם | 'a.mar.Tem | you have said | H559 → |
| שָׁ֖וְא | shav' | [is] futility | H7723 → |
| עֲבֹ֣ד | 'a.Vod | to serve | H5647 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֑ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| וּמַה־ | u.mah- | and what? | H4100 → |
| בֶּ֗צַע | Be.tza' | [is the] profit | H1215 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙ | sha.Mar.nu | we have kept | H8104 → |
| מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ | mish.mar.To | charge his | H4931 → |
| וְכִ֤י | ve.Khi | and that | H3588 → |
| הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ | ha.Lakh.nu | we have walked | H1980 → |
| קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית | ke.Do.ra.Nit | mournfully | H6941 → |
| מִפְּנֵ֖י | mi.pe.Nei | from before | H6440 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | tze.va.'ot | of hosts | H6635 → |
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