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Malachi 3:5Mal.3.5

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je m'approcherai de vous pour le jugement, Et je me hâterai de témoigner contre les enchanteurs et les adultères, Contre ceux qui jurent faussement, Contre ceux qui retiennent le salaire du mercenaire, Qui oppriment la veuve et l'orphelin, Qui font tort à l'étranger, et ne me craignent pas, Dit l'Eternel des armées.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Haymo of Halberstadt

    On the Prophet Malachi

    rless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me," says the Lord Almighty (Malachi 3:5). It is very terrifying: "I will come to put you on trial, and I will be quick to testify." He who is the judge will also be the witness because he will judge the outw…

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