Malachi 2:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?”

Malachi 2:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Malachi 2:10 in 6 Bible Translations

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Malachi 2:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?”

Malachi 2:10 — World English Bible

Malachi 2:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? ”

Malachi 2:10 — American Standard Version

Malachi 2:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?”

Malachi 2:10 — Young's Literal Translation

Malachi 2:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Have we not all one father? Hath not oneGod created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? ”

Malachi 2:10 — Darby Translation

Malachi 2:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Haue we not all one father? hath not one God made vs? why doe we transgresse euery one against his brother, and breake the couenant of our fathers?”

Malachi 2:10 — Geneva Bible

Malachi 2:10 in Context — Malachi 2

8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

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What Does Malachi 2:10 Mean?

Malachi 2:10 is a verse from the Book of Malachi, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Malachi chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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