Malachi 3 · Verse 11

Malachi 3:11

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
Malachi 3:11, King James Version

Malachi 3:11 in other translations

BSBI will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
WEBI will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says the LORD of Armies.
ASVAnd I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
YLTAnd I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
DARBYAnd I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.
BBEAnd on your account I will keep back the locusts from wasting the fruits of your land; and the fruit of your vine will not be dropped on the field before its time, says the Lord of armies
WebsterAnd I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

What does Malachi 3:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 3:7-12

7-12. Reproof for the non-payment of tithes and offerings, which is the cause of their national calamities, and promise of prosperity on their paying them. from ... days of your fathers--Ye live as your fathers did when they brought on themselves the Babylonian captivity, and ye wish to follow in their steps. This shows that nothing but God's unchanging long-suffering had prevented their being long ago "consumed"…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 I wilt rebuke the devourer - The locusts, etc., shall not come on your crops; and those that are in the country I will disperse and destroy. Neither shall your vine cast her fruit - Every blossom shall bear fruit, and every bunch of grapes come to maturity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Malachi 3:7-12

The men of that generation turned away from God, they had not kept his ordinances. God gives them a gracious call. But they said, Wherein shall we return? God notices what returns our hearts make to the calls of his word. It shows great perverseness in sin, when men make afflictions excuses for sin, which are sent to part between them and their sins. Here is an earnest exhortation to reform. God must be served in…

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Malachi 3:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגָעַרְתִּ֤יve.ga.'ar.Tiand I will rebukeH1605
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor you
בָּֽאֹכֵ֔לba.'o.Khel<in> the devourerH398
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַשְׁחִ֥תyash.Chitit will destroyH7843
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemof you
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּרִ֣יpe.Ri[the] fruit ofH6529
הָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תְשַׁכֵּ֨לte.sha.Kelit will prove barrenH7921
לָכֶ֤םla.Khemof you
הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ha.Ge.fenthe vineH1612
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
אָמַ֖ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָאֽוֹת\׃tze.va.'otof hostsH6635

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Malachi 3:11

  • Deuteronomy 11:14

    That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

  • Joel 2:22

    Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

  • Zechariah 8:12

    For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

  • Joel 1:4

    That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

  • Amos 7:1-3

    Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.

  • Joel 2:20

    But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

  • Amos 4:9

    I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 8:13

    I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

  • Joel 1:7

    He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

  • Joel 1:12

    The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Habakkuk 3:17

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

  • Haggai 2:17

    I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
rebuke.
Joe 2:20; Am 4:9; 7:1-3; Hag 2:17
destroy. Heb. corrupt. neither.
De 11:14; Jer 8:13; Joe 1:7,12; 2:22; Hab 3:17; Zec 8:12

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Context

  • Malachi 3:10

    Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

  • Malachi 3:11

    And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Malachi 3:12

    And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Malachi 3:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Increparé también por vosotros al devorador, y no os corromperá el fruto de la tierra; ni vuestra vid en el campo abortará, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je tancerai en votre faveur celui qui dévore, afin qu’il ne détruise pas pour vous le fruit du sol, et que, pour vous, la vigne ne soit pas stérile, dans la campagne, dit l’ Éternel des armées.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde um euretwillen den Fresser schelten, daß er euch die Frucht des Bodens nicht verderbe; und der Weinstock auf dem Felde wird euch nicht mehr fehltragen, spricht Jehova der Heerscharen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et increpabo pro vobis devorantem, et non corrumpet fructum terræ vestræ, nec erit sterilis vinea in agro, dicit Dominus exercituum.