• Malachi 1:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 4 “Though Eʹdom says, ‘We have been shattered, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,’ this is what Jehovah of armies says, ‘They will build, but I will tear down, and they will be called “the territory of wickedness” and “the people whom Jehovah has forever condemned.”+

  • Malachi 1:4
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 4 “Because Eʹdom* keeps saying, ‘We have been shattered, but we shall return and build [the] devastated places,’ this is what Jehovah of armies* has said, ‘They, for their part, will build; but I, for my part, shall tear down.+ And people will certainly call them “the territory* of wickedness” and “the people whom Jehovah has denounced+ to time indefinite.”

  • Malachi 1:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4 Whereas Edom says “We have had our houses wrecked, but we shall come back and rebuild the ruins,” Jehovah of Armies says “They will build, but I will demolish; and they will be called ‘Wrong Side Precinct’ and ‘the people to whom Jehovah is hostile forever’;

  • Malachi 1:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

  • Malachi 1:4
    King James Version

    • 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.