Malachi 3:16-18
International Standard Version
The Repentance of the Righteous
16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other. The Lord listened and took note,[a] and a scroll of remembrance was written in his presence about those who fear the Lord and honor His name. 17 “They’ll be mine,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies, “in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I’ll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 When you return, you will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, and between the one who serves God and the one who does not.”
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- Malachi 3:16 Lit. heard
Malachi 3:16-18
Lexham English Bible
A Book of Remembrance is Written
16 Then those who revered[a] Yahweh spoke with one another.[b] And Yahweh listened attentively[c] and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written before him[d] of those who revere[e] Yahweh and ponder his name. 17 “They will be mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “on the day that I am acting, my treasured possession. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him. 18 You will return and see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve him.
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- Malachi 3:16 Or “fear”
- Malachi 3:16 Literally “each with his friend/companion”
- Malachi 3:16 Or “gave heed”
- Malachi 3:16 Literally “to the face of him”
- Malachi 3:16 Or “fear”
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