Malachi 3:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

Young's Literal Translation
Ye have said, ‘A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

King James Bible
Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Hebrew
You have said,
אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (’ă·mar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘It is futile
שָׁ֖וְא (šāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness

to serve
עֲבֹ֣ד (‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

God.
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

What
וּמַה־ (ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have we gained
בֶּ֗צַע (be·ṣa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1215: Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

by keeping
שָׁמַ֙רְנוּ֙ (šā·mar·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

His requirements
מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔וֹ (miš·mar·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

and walking
הָלַ֙כְנוּ֙ (hā·laḵ·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

mournfully
קְדֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית (qə·ḏō·ran·nîṯ)
Adverb
Strong's 6941: Blackish ones, in mourning weeds

before
מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH

of Hosts?
צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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