Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?This verse in the real world
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- קְדֹרַנִּיתqᵉdôrannîythblackish ones (i.e. in sackcloth); used adverbially, in mourning weeds
- בֶּצַעbetsaʻplunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
- שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼevil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolat
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmerethwatch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservat
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- הָלַךְhâlakto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.