Malachi Chapter 3 verse 15 Holy Bible
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
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And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
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And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.
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And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
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Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
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And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - We call the proud happy. This is still the speech of the murmurers. We, they say, do not reckon the humble and meek blessed; we consider that the only blessed ones are the arrogant heathen, or free thinkers, who meet with prosperity and happiness in this world. For the "proud," the LXX. has, ἀλλοτρίους, "strangers," which, doubtless, gives the meaning (comp. Isaiah 13:11). Are set up; literally, are built up - have wealth and families, and leave a name behind them (Psalm 17:14; see in the original, Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3; and comp. Exodus 1:21; Jeremiah 12:16, where the phrase, "being built," includes all temporal prosperity). They that tempt God are even delivered; they tempt God, and are delivered (ver. 10). They try and provoke God by their impiety, and yet escape punishment. Septuagint, Ἀντέστησαν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐσώθησαν, "They resist God, and yet are safe."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) And now means and so, consequently. In this verse the prophet gives the words of the murmurers. (See Note on Malachi 3:13.) The statements of Malachi 3:13 show that they were of a very different character from such faithful servants of Jehovah as were at times sorely tempted against their will to waver in their faith. We may observe here the seeds of sceptical Sadduceism, as in Malachi 3:14 of hypocritical Phariseism. (Comp. Psalms 37, 73, and the Books of Job and Eccl.)Proud . . . they that work wickedness--i.e., the heathen, who do not profess to serve Jehovah. (Comp. Isaiah 13:11.)Proud is a common Biblical expression for presumptuous sinners; the same word is also used for 'presumptuous sins (Psalm 19:13). . . .
