Malachi 2:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Malachi 2:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Malachi 2:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Malachi 2:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.”

Malachi 2:11 — World English Bible

Malachi 2:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god. ”

Malachi 2:11 — American Standard Version

Malachi 2:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.”

Malachi 2:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Malachi 2:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strangegod. ”

Malachi 2:11 — Darby Translation

Malachi 2:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Iudah hath transgressed, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath defiled the holinesse of the Lord, which hee loued, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God.”

Malachi 2:11 — Geneva Bible

Malachi 2:11 in Context — Malachi 2

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.

13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

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What Does Malachi 2:11 Mean?

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