Malachi 3:15

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And now we

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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the

זֵד

zêd

H2086

arrogant

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אֶשֶׁר

ʼesher

H835

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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they that

מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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are

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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up

אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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they that

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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are

עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Key Terms in This Verse

tempt H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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happy H835

אֶשֶׁר ʼesher

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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proud H2086

זֵד zêd

arrogant

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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call H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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delivered H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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work H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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Cross References

Malachi 4:1 cross-reference

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...

Malachi 2:17 cross-reference

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the ...

Job 22:23 cross-reference

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Daniel 6:16 cross-reference

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

Psalm 106:14 cross-reference

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Proverbs 12:12 cross-reference

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Job 21:30 cross-reference

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Daniel 4:30 cross-reference

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Daniel 4:37 cross-reference

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Esther 5:10 cross-reference

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

Psalm 78:41 cross-reference

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 7:10 cross-reference

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

Psalm 95:9 cross-reference

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Psalm 49:18 cross-reference

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Psalm 10:3 cross-reference

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Acts 12:21 cross-reference

And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

Psalm 78:18 cross-reference

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Psalm 78:56 cross-reference

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalm 73:12 cross-reference

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Job 12:6 cross-reference

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

1 Peter 5:5 cross-reference

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Acts 5:9 cross-reference

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Hebrews 3:9 cross-reference

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

1 Corinthians 10:9 cross-reference

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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