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Selected Verse: Malachi 3:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mal 3:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And now we call [0833] the proud [02086] happy [0833]; yea, they that work [06213] wickedness [07564] are set up [01129]; yea, they that tempt [0974] God [0430] are even delivered [04422]. |
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King James |
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And now--Since we who serve Jehovah are not prosperous and "the proud" heathen flourish in prosperity, we must pronounce them the favorites of God (Mal 2:17; Psa 73:12).
set up--literally, "built up": metaphor from architecture (Pro 24:3; compare Gen 16:2, Margin; Gen 30:3, Margin.)
tempt God--dare God to punish them, by breaking His laws (Psa 95:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And now we call the proud happy (blessed) - This being so, they sum up the case against God. God had declared that all nations should "call them blessed" Mal 3:12. if they would obey. They answer, using His words; And "now we (they lay stress on the word we,) pronounce blessed," in fact, those whom God had pronounced cursed: Psa 119:21. "Thou hast rebuked the proud, who are cursed." Their characteristic, among other bad men, is of insolence Pro 21:24. arrogance, boiling over with self-conceit, and presumptuous toward God. The ground of Babylon's sentence was "she hath been proud toward the Lord, the Holy One of Israel;" Jethro says of the Egyptians, as a ground of his belief in God (Exo 18:11. It is used of Egypt toward Israel. Neh 9:16.) "for, in the thing that they dealt proudly," He was "above them." It describes the character of the act of Israel, when God bade them "not go up, neither fight, and they would not hear, and went up presumptuously into the battle" Deu 1:41, Deu 1:43 the contumacious act of those, who, appealing to the judgment of God, afterward refused it: Deu 17:12-13. of Johanan's associates, who accuse Jeremiah of speaking falsely in the name of God; Jer 43:2. they are persons who rise up Psa 86:14. forge lies against Psa 119:69. dig pits for Psa 119:85. deal perversely with, Psa 119:78. hold in derision Psa 119:51. oppress Psa 119:122. the pious. Whether or no, they mean specifically the pagan, those, whom these pronounced blessed, were those who were contemptuous toward God.
Yea, the workers of wickedness - , those who habitually work it, whose employment it is, "are built up; yea, they have tried God and have escaped." God had promised that, if Jer 12:16, "they will diligently learn the ways of My people, they shall be built up in the midst of My people;" these say, the workers of wickedness "had been built up:" God had bidden themselves Jer 3:10, "make trial of Me in this;" these answer, the wicked had made trial of Him, and had been unpunished. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And now - You say, we see before our eyes, that the proud contemners of God and his law, are the flourishing ones. Delivered - Escape all punishment. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And now we call the proud happy - Proud and insolent men are the only happy people, for they domineer everywhere, and none dares to resist them.
They that work wickedness are set up - The humble and holy are depressed and miserable; the proud and wicked are in places of trust and profit. Too often it is so.
They that tempt God are even delivered - Even those who despise God, and insult his justice and providence, are preserved in and from dangers; while the righteous fall by them. |
9 When your fathers [01] tempted [05254] me, proved [0974] me, and saw [07200] my work [06467].
3 And she said [0559], Behold my maid [0519] Bilhah [01090], go in [0935] unto her; and she shall bear [03205] upon my knees [01290], that I may also have children [01129] by her.
2 And Sarai [08297] said [0559] unto Abram [087], Behold now, the LORD [03068] hath restrained me [06113] from bearing [03205]: I pray thee, go in [0935] unto my maid [08198]; it may [0194] be that I may obtain children [01129] by her. And Abram [087] hearkened [08085] to the voice [06963] of Sarai [08297].
3 Through wisdom [02451] is an house [01004] builded [01129]; and by understanding [08394] it is established [03559]:
12 Behold, these are the ungodly [07563], who prosper [07961] in the world [05769]; they increase [07685] in riches [02428].
17 Ye have wearied [03021] the LORD [03068] with your words [01697]. Yet ye say [0559], Wherein have we wearied [03021] him? When ye say [0559], Every one that doeth [06213] evil [07451] is good [02896] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], and he delighteth [02654] in them; or, Where is the God [0430] of judgment [04941]?
10 And yet for all this her treacherous [0901] sister [0269] Judah [03063] hath not turned [07725] unto me with her whole heart [03820], but feignedly [08267], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently [03925] learn [03925] the ways [01870] of my people [05971], to swear [07650] by my name [08034], The LORD [03068] liveth [02416]; as they taught [03925] my people [05971] to swear [07650] by Baal [01168]; then shall they be built [01129] in the midst [08432] of my people [05971].
122 Be surety [06148] for thy servant [05650] for good [02896]: let not the proud [02086] oppress [06231] me.
51 The proud [02086] have had me greatly [03966] in derision [03887]: yet have I not declined [05186] from thy law [08451].
78 Let the proud [02086] be ashamed [0954]; for they dealt perversely [05791] with me without a cause [08267]: but I will meditate [07878] in thy precepts [06490].
85 The proud [02086] have digged [03738] pits [07882] for me, which are not after thy law [08451].
69 The proud [02086] have forged [02950] a lie [08267] against me: but I will keep [05341] thy precepts [06490] with my whole heart [03820].
14 O God [0430], the proud [02086] are risen [06965] against me, and the assemblies [05712] of violent [06184] men have sought [01245] after my soul [05315]; and have not set [07760] thee before them.
2 Then spake [0559] Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Hoshaiah [01955], and Johanan [03110] the son [01121] of Kareah [07143], and all the proud [02086] men [0582], saying [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414], Thou speakest [01696] falsely [08267]: the LORD [03068] our God [0430] hath not sent [07971] thee to say [0559], Go [0935] not into Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there:
12 And the man [0376] that will do [06213] presumptuously [02087], and will not hearken [08085] unto the priest [03548] that standeth [05975] to minister [08334] there before the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], or unto the judge [08199], even that man [0376] shall die [04191]: and thou shalt put away [01197] the evil [07451] from Israel [03478].
13 And all the people [05971] shall hear [08085], and fear [03372], and do no more presumptuously [02102].
43 So I spake [01696] unto you; and ye would not hear [08085], but rebelled [04784] against the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and went [05927] presumptuously [02102] up [05927] into the hill [02022].
41 Then ye answered [06030] and said [0559] unto me, We have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068], we will go up [05927] and fight [03898], according to all that the LORD [03068] our God [0430] commanded [06680] us. And when ye had girded [02296] on every man [0376] his weapons [03627] of war [04421], ye were ready [01951] to go up [05927] into the hill [02022].
16 But they and our fathers [01] dealt proudly [02102], and hardened [07185] their necks [06203], and hearkened [08085] not to thy commandments [04687],
11 Now I know [03045] that the LORD [03068] is greater [01419] than all gods [0430]: for in the thing [01697] wherein they dealt proudly [02102] he was above them.
24 Proud [02086] and haughty [03093] scorner [03887] is his name [08034], who dealeth [06213] in proud [02087] wrath [05678].
21 Thou hast rebuked [01605] the proud [02086] that are cursed [0779], which do err [07686] from thy commandments [04687].
12 And all nations [01471] shall call you blessed [0833]: for ye shall be a delightsome [02656] land [0776], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].