Verse 14
Malachi 3:14
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God (Elohim), and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם שָׁ֖וְא עֲבֹ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּ/מַה בֶּ֗צַע כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨רְנוּ֙ מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔/וֹ וְ/כִ֤י הָלַ֨כְנוּ֙ קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית מִ/פְּנֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת
English Translation
You have said, "It is pointless to serve God, and what is the gain for us that we have kept His watch and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?"
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