Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
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ASV
From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
KJV
Even 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?
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְמִימֵ֨י | le.mi.Mei | <to> from [the] days of | H3117 → |
| אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֜ם | 'a.vo.tei.Khem | ancestors your | H1 → |
| סַרְתֶּ֤ם | sar.Tem | you have turned aside | H5493 → |
| מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ | me.chu.Kai | from statutes my | H2706 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| שְׁמַרְתֶּ֔ם | she.mar.Tem | you have kept [them] | H8104 → |
| שׁ֤וּבוּ | Shu.vu | return | H7725 → |
| אֵלַי֙ | 'e.Lai | to me | H413 → |
| וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה | ve.'a.Shu.vah | so let me return | H7725 → |
| אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | 'a.lei.Khem | to you | H413 → |
| אָמַ֖ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| צְבָא֑וֹת | tze.va.'ot | of hosts | H6635 → |
| וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם | va.'a.mar.Tem | and you say | H559 → |
| בַּמֶּ֥ה | ba.Meh | <in> how? | H4100 → |
| נָשֽׁוּב׃ | na.Shuv | will we return | H7725 → |
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