11 translations · Hebrew
Malachi 3:6
“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Malachi 3:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- KJV King James Version
- For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “For I, YHWH, have not changed, || And you, the sons of Jacob, || You have not been consumed.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For I am the Lord, I don't change, and you haven't stopped being descendants of Jacob.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- For I [am] Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For I Jehovah change not, and ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֛י | kî | Because | H3588 כִּי for |
| אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| לֹ֣א | lō | do not | H3808 לֹא not |
| שָׁנִ֑יתִי | šā·nî·ṯî | change | H8138 שָׁנָה to change |
| וְאַתֶּ֥ם | wə·’at·tem | you | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | bə·nê- | descendants | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| יַעֲקֹ֖ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | of Jacob | H3290 יַעֲקֹב Jacob |
| לֹ֥א | lō | have not | H3808 לֹא not |
| כְלִיתֶֽם׃ | ḵə·lî·ṯem | been destroyed | H3615 כָּלָה to end: finish |
Related verses
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- Lamentations 3:22–23
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
- Jeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
- Isaiah 40:28–31
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; …
- Romans 8:28–32
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified. …
- Exodus 3:14–15
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- 1 Samuel 15:29
Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
5 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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
6 “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
7 From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
Read all of Malachi 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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