And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
WEB
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
YLT
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
DBT
And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they temptGod, and they escape.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMalachi — The last Old Testament voice — a prophet in dialogue with a community grown cynical about covenant. ‘I am the LORD, I change not.’
- Author
- Malachi (1:1) — whose name means ‘my messenger’; possibly a personal name, possibly a title
- Date
- c. 430 BC, the late post-exilic period (contemporary with Nehemiah's second term)