Malachi 3:5

* The two F.O.G. Bibles & Commentary below are currently a work in progress.

“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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.
World English Bible (WEB)
And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
Strong's King James
(5) Then I will draw near to you for justice and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, lying perjurers and those exploiting a hireling's wages, the widow, the orphan and those deceiving the sojourner and those who don't fear Me, says יהוה Yahweh-Tzva'ot.  
The F.O.G*
The F.O.G Paraphrase
And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Young's Literal Translation

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