Malachi 2:17
You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of Yahweh, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”This verse in the real world
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In what words
- יָגַעyâgaʻproperly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
- חָפֵץchâphêtsproperly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to b
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 43:24, 2Pe 3:3–4, Isa 5:18–20, Zep 1:12, Ecc 8:11, Isa 30:18, Mat 11:18–19, Mal 1:6–7