King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
Complete Jewish Bible:
A curse is on you, on your whole nation, because you rob me.
Berean Standard Bible:
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
American Standard Version:
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Ye are cursed{H779} with a curse{H3994}: for ye have robbed{H6906} me, even this whole nation{H1471}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Deuteronomy 28:15
- ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 28:19
- Cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.
Haggai 2:14
- Then answered Haggai, and said, So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean.
Haggai 2:17
- I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith the LORD.
Haggai 1:6
- Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
Haggai 1:11
- And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon [that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Malachi 2:2
- If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay [it] to heart.
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Commentary for Malachi 3:9
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H779
There are 177 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָרַר
Transliteration: ʼârar
Pronunciation: aw-rar'
Description: a primitive root; to execrate; [idiom] bitterly curse. - Strong's Number: H3994
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מְאֵרָה
Transliteration: mᵉʼêrâh
Pronunciation: meh-ay-raw'
Description: from אָרַר; an execration; curse. - Strong's Number: H6906
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָבַע
Transliteration: qâbaʻ
Pronunciation: kaw-bah'
Description: a primitive root; to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraud; rob, spoil. - Strong's Number: H1471
There are 511 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גּוֹי
Transliteration: gôwy
Pronunciation: go'-ee
Description: rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.