Malachi 1:3
King James Version (KJV)
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
In context
1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
Malachi 1:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
- WEB World English Bible
- but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Is not Esau Jacob's brother? — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.