Malachi 3:5
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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.“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
In other translations
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.“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Hebrew words
וְקָרַבְתִּיvekaravtiand I will draw nearH7126אֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemto youH413לַמִּשְׁפָּטlamishpatfor <the> judgmentH4941וְהָיִיתִי׀vehayitiand I will beH1961עֵד'eda witnessH5707מְמַהֵרmemaherhasteningH4116בַּמְכַשְּׁפִיםbamkhashefimon the sorcerersH3784וּבַמְנָאֲפִיםuvamna'afimand on the adulterersH5003וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִיםuvanishba'imand on <the> [those who] swear an oathH7650לַשָּׁקֶרlashakerto <the> falsehoodH8267וּבְעֹשְׁקֵיuve'oshekeiand on [those who] defraudH6231שְׂכַר־sekharsa-<of> [the] hire ofH7939שָׂכִירsakhira hired laborerH7916אַלְמָנָה'almanaha widowH490וְיָתוֹםveyatomand a fatherless oneH3490וּמַטֵּי־umatei-and [those who] thrust asideH5186גֵרger<of> a sojournerH1616וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יְרֵאוּנִיyere'unithey fear meH3372אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹת׃tzeva'otof hostsH6635
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