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Malachi 3:10

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

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KJV King James Version

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

WEB World English Bible

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

ASV American Standard Version

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

Surrounding context — Malachi 3

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.

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].

11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

הָבִ֨יאוּH935 · boto come (in): come אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolall הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜רH4643 · ma.a.sertithe אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplace הָאוֹצָ֗רH214 · o.tsartreasure וִיהִ֥יH1961 · ha.yahto be טֶ֙רֶף֙H2964 · te.rephprey בְּבֵיתִ֔יH1004 · betplace וּבְחָנ֤וּנִיH974 · ba.chanto test נָא֙H4994 · naplease בָּזֹ֔אתH2063 · zotthis אָמַ֖רH559 · a.marto say יְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD צְבָא֑וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmy אִם־H518 · imif לֹ֧אH3808 · lonot אֶפְתַּ֣חH6605 · pa.tachto open לָכֶ֗םH9036 · khemyou אֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]אֲרֻבּ֣וֹתH699 · a.rub.bahwindow הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheaven וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥יH7324 · ruqto empty לָכֶ֛םH9036 · khemyou בְּרָכָ֖הH1293 · be.ra.khahblessing עַד־H5704 · adtill בְּלִי־H1097 · be.liwithout דָֽי׃H1767 · daysufficiency

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 9:6-8But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Psalm 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.Leviticus 27:30And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD’S: [it is] holy unto the LORD.Nehemiah 13:10-13And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given [them]: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.Nehemiah 12:44And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.2 Chronicles 31:4-19Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.Numbers 18:21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.Leviticus 26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.Luke 12:16-17And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].2 Kings 7:2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.2 Kings 7:19And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.1 Kings 17:13-16And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring [it] unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.Nehemiah 10:33-39For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy [things], and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and [for] all the work of the house of our God.

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