Malachi 3:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

We have here God's controversy with the men of that generation, for deserting his service and robbing him?wicked servants indeed, that not only run away from their Master, but run away with their Master's goods. I. They had run away from their Master, and quitted the work he gave them to do (Mal. 3:7): You have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. The ordinances of God's worship were the business which as servants they must mind, the talents which they must trade with, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God ?.... Or "the gods"; the false gods, the idols of the Gentiles; the Heathens will not do that, accounting sacrilege a great sin, and yet this the Jews were guilty of: or "the judges" F3 אלהים "deos, vel judices", Calvin, Drusius, Grotius. , as the Targum; civil magistrates; will any dare to defraud them of their due? see Malachi 1:8 . Yet ye have robbed me ; keeping back from the priests and Levites, his ministers, what was due to them; and which, being no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? - Here is one point on which ye are guilty; ye withhold the tithes and offerings from the temple of God, so that the Divine worship is neglected. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:8

Verse 8 Will a man defraud the gods? Some give this version, “Will a man defraud God?” But it is strained and remote from the Prophet’s design; and they pervert the meaning. For I do not see what can be elicited from this rendering, “Will a man defraud God?” But there are other two meanings which may be taken. The first is, “Will a man defraud his gods?” The word אלהים, Aleim, though it be in the plural number, is applied, as it is well known, to the true God; but it is applied also to idols;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The sin of robbing God. The special form of sin which is hare denounced (robbing God of tithes and offerings) is only one manifestation of a sin which is older than the law of tithes, and which survives in all nations to the present day. Observe— I. THE NATURE OF THIS SIN . It is an ancient and an inveterate sin. The secret of it is alienation of heart from God ( Malachi 3:7 ). It is due to God, our Creator, Benefactor, Redeemer, that we make his will the law of our life,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

§ 2. God indeed is faithful to his promises, but the people's own conduct has occasioned the withholding of favours: they have been shamefully negligent in the matter of tithes and offerings; let them amend their practice, and they shall be blessed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

A Divine complaint and a Divine invitation. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances," etc. In these words we have two things—a Divine complaint and a Divine invitation; and both are addressed to sinners. Notice— I. A DIVINE COMPLAINT AGAINST SINNERS . The complaint involves three charges. 1 . The charge of apostasy. "Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances." Your fathers who brought on themselves the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? The prophet shows the people how they have departed from God, in not keeping even the outward observances of religion. The word translated "rob," defraud, found also in Proverbs 22:23 , etc; is rendered in the Septuagint, πτερνιεῖ , "trip up," "supplant;" Vulgate, si affliget homo Deum, or, as St. Jerome first translated, " si affiget homo Deum ," and referred the words to the crucifixion of our Lord. In tithes and offerings. These were due to the Lord, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Defrauding God. The people of Malachi's days met his reproof in a quibbling and self-justifying spirit. Men who are self-satisfied can resist all appeal. Religious formalities have this as their supreme peril—they satisfy men, and prevent them from feeling moral and spiritual anxieties, and from responding to moral and spiritual demands. These men could not see that there was any sense in which they were depriving God of his rights. The prophet puts his finger on one thing. That suffices... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:8

Shall a man rob or cheat - , defraud God? God answers question by question, but thereby drives it home to the sinner’s soul, and appeals to his conscience. The conscience is steeled, and answers again, “In what?” God specifies two things only, obvious, patent, which, as being material things, they could not deny. “In tithes and offerings.” The offerings included several classes of dues to God:(a) the first fruits ;(b) the annual half-shekel Exodus 30:13-15;(c) the offerings made for the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:7-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:8

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