Malachi 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Malachi 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Malachi 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Malachi 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.”
Malachi 2:9 — World English Bible
Malachi 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law. ”
Malachi 2:9 — American Standard Version
Malachi 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.”
Malachi 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Malachi 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law. ”
Malachi 2:9 — Darby Translation
Malachi 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.”
Malachi 2:9 — Geneva Bible
Malachi 2:9 in Context — Malachi 2
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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.
What Does Malachi 2:9 Mean?
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