Malachi 3:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ 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 the LORD of hosts?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ You have said, It is useless to serve God, and what profit is it if we keep His ordinances and walk gloomily and as if in mourning apparel before the Lord of hosts?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ You said, “Serving God is useless. What do we gain by keeping his obligation or by walking around as mourners before the LORD of heavenly forces?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

Malachi 3:14 Cross References

Job 22:17

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Job 34:9

For he hath said, it profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God

Job 35:3

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Isaiah 43:22

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Isaiah 58:3

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Jeremiah 18:12

But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 2:25

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, saith the LORD, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.