Malachi 2:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Young's Literal Translation
Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: ‘In what have we wearied Him?’ In your saying: ‘Every evil-doer [is] good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,’ Or, ‘Where [is] the God of judgment?’

King James Bible
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?

Hebrew
You have wearied
הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם (hō·w·ḡa‘·tem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

with your words;
בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם (bə·ḏiḇ·rê·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

yet you ask,
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“How
בַּמָּ֣ה (bam·māh)
Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have we wearied Him?”
הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ (hō·w·ḡā·‘ə·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

By saying,
בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם (be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who do
עֹ֨שֵׂה (‘ō·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

evil
רָ֜ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

[are] good
ט֣וֹב ׀ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

in the sight
בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and in them
וּבָהֶם֙ (ū·ḇā·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

He
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

delights,”
חָפֵ֔ץ (ḥā·p̄êṣ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire

or,
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

“Where
אַיֵּ֖ה (’ay·yêh)
Interrogative
Strong's 346: Where?

is the God
אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of justice?”
הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ham·miš·pāṭ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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