KJV King James Version
For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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Malachi 3:6
For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
WEB World English Bible
“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
ASV American Standard Version
For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For I am Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.
Surrounding context — Malachi 3
3 And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
6 For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye [are] cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, [even] this whole nation.
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Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.Lamentations 3:22-23[It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Jeremiah 32:27Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?Isaiah 40:28-31Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.Romans 8:28-32And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.Exodus 3:14-15And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.Revelation 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.Revelation 22:13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.Psalm 102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:Isaiah 45:5-8I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:Isaiah 44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.2 Thessalonians 2:13-14But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:Isaiah 41:13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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