Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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ASV
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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְקָרַבְתִּ֣י | ve.ka.rav.Ti | and I will draw near | H7126 → |
| אֲלֵיכֶם֮ | 'a.lei.Khem | to you | H413 → |
| לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒ | la.mish.Pat | for <the> judgment | H4941 → |
| וְהָיִ֣יתִי׀ | ve.ha.Yi.ti | and I will be | H1961 → |
| עֵ֣ד | 'ed | a witness | H5707 → |
| מְמַהֵ֗ר | me.ma.Her | hastening | H4116 → |
| בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ | bam.kha.she.Fim | on the sorcerers | H3784 → |
| וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים | u.vam.Na.'a.Fim | and on the adulterers | H5003 → |
| וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים | u.va.nish.ba.'Im | and on <the> [those who] swear an oath | H7650 → |
| לַשָּׁ֑קֶר | la.Sha.ker | to <the> falsehood | H8267 → |
| וּבְעֹשְׁקֵ֣י | u.ve.'o.she.Kei | and on [those who] defraud | H6231 → |
| שְׂכַר־ | se.kha.r.Sa- | <of> [the] hire of | H7939 → |
| שָׂ֠כִיר | Sa.khir | a hired laborer | H7916 → |
| אַלְמָנָ֨ה | 'al.ma.Nah | a widow | H490 → |
| וְיָת֤וֹם | ve.ya.Tom | and a fatherless one | H3490 → |
| וּמַטֵּי־ | u.ma.tei- | and [those who] thrust aside | H5186 → |
| גֵר֙ | ger | <of> a sojourner | H1616 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יְרֵא֔וּנִי | ye.re.'U.ni | they fear me | H3372 → |
| אָמַ֖ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | tze.va.'ot | of hosts | H6635 → |
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