King James Version

Malachi 3:9

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

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בַּמְּאֵרָה֙bamerahin curseמְאֵרָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in curse”, the ordinary formH3994an execrationcurse.אַתֶּ֣םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.נֵֽאָרִ֔יםnearimto execrateאָרַרverb, niphal, passive participle, absolute — “to execrate”, a verb used as a describing wordH779to execrate[idiom] bitterly curse.וְאֹתִ֖יveotiand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַתֶּ֣םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.קֹבְעִ֑יםqoveimspoilקָבַעverb, qal, participle, absolute — “spoil”, a verb used as a describing wordH6906to cover, i.e. (figuratively) defraudrob, spoil.הַגּ֖וֹיhagoythe Gentileגּוֹיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.כֻּלּֽוֹkulvoallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

Young’s Literal Translation

With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving — this nation — all of it.

World English Bible

You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.

Darby Translation

Ye are cursed with a curse; and me ye rob, [even] this whole nation.

Douay-Rheims

And you are cursed with want, and you afflict me, even the whole nation of you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye do surely look off from me, and ye insult me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀποβλέποντες ὑμεῖς ἀποβλέπετε, καὶ ἐμὲ ὑμεῖς πτερνίζετε.