And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
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Gill's Exposition
And now we call the proud happy,.... Or "therefore now" (q); since this is the case, that the worshippers of God are not regarded, and there is nothing got by serving him; they that are proud and…
Barnes' Notes
And now we call the proud happy (blessed) - This being so, they sum up the case against God. God had declared that all nations should “call them blessed” Mal 3:12. if they would obey. They answer,…
Among the people of the Jews at this time, though they all enjoyed the same privileges and advantages, there were men of very different characters (as ever were, and ever will be, in the world and in…
Cambridge Bible
we call the proud happy The word we is emphatic, and suggests a reference on the part of the speakers to Mal 3:3 above: "Thousayest that all nations shall call them that obey Thee happy; we, on the…
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