Discovery BoxMalachi 3:14-15 
Context3:14 You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped 1 by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? 2 3:15 So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. 3 In fact, those who challenge 4 God escape!’”
1 tn Heb “What [is the] profit”; NIV “What did we gain.”
2 sn The people’s public display of self-effacing piety has gone unrewarded by the
3 tn Heb “built up” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV “prosper”; NLT “get rich.”
4 tn Or “test”; NRSV, CEV “put God to the test.”
