KJV King James Version
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Malachi 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
WEB World English Bible
They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
ASV American Standard Version
And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing—a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
Surrounding context — Malachi 3
14 Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.
16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָ֣יוּH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֗יH9030 · nimeאָמַר֙H559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֔וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyלַיּ֕וֹםH3117 · yomdayאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֲנִ֖יH589 · a.niIעֹשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doסְגֻלָּ֑הH5459 · se.gul.lahpossessionוְחָמַלְתִּ֣יH2550 · cha.malto spareעֲלֵיהֶ֔םH5921 · aluponכַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichיַחְמֹ֣לH2550 · cha.malto spareאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanעַל־H5921 · aluponבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childהָעֹבֵ֥דH5647 · a.vadto serveאֹתֽוֹ׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:Deuteronomy 7:6For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.Isaiah 62:3-4Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?1 Peter 2:9But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:Jeremiah 32:38-39And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:Deuteronomy 26:17-18Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:Jeremiah 31:33But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.John 10:27-30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Malachi 1:6A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?Psalm 135:4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.Ezekiel 36:27-28And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them].Deuteronomy 14:2For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.1 Corinthians 3:22-23Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;Ezekiel 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Revelation 20:12-15And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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