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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Malachi 2:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
So habe auch ich euch bei dem ganzen Volke verächtlich und niedrig gemacht, in demselben Maße, wie ihr meine Wege nicht bewahret und die Person ansehet beim Gesetz.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por tanto, yo también os torné viles y bajos á todo el pueblo, según que vosotros no habéis guardado mis caminos, y en la ley tenéis acepción de personas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por isso eu também vos tornei desprezíveis e indignos diante de todo o povo, visto que não guardais meus caminhos, e na lei fazeis acepção de pessoas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
"Por isso, vos fiz desprezíveis e vis diante de todos os povos, porque não guardastes os Meus caminhos, mas mostrastes parcialidade na instrução da Lei".
📖 Malachi 2:9 in Context
7For 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.
8But 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.
9Therefore 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.
10Have 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?
11Judah 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.
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