And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
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Malachi 2
17 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .
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King James Version
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah
of hosts, then
will
I send the
curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings ;
yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the
LORD
of hosts, I will
even
send a
curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings :
yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Behold, I will rebuke
your seed, and will
spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye
shall be
taken
away with it.
Behold, I will corrupt
your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn
feasts; and one
shall take
you
away with it.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may
be with Levi, saith Jehovah
of hosts.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might
be with Levi, saith the
LORD
of hosts.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that
he
might
fear ;
and
he feared me, and stood
in
awe
of
my name.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for
the
fear wherewith
he feared me, and was
afraid
before
my name.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness
was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness
, and turned
many away from iniquity.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity
was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity
, and did
turn
many away from iniquity.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth ;
for he is the messenger of Jehovah
of hosts.
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.
But ye are turned
aside
out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in
the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah
of hosts.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
Jehovah
will cut off ,
to
the man that doeth this, him
that
waketh
and him
that
answereth
, out of the tents
of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah
of hosts.
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.
And this again
ye
do:
ye cover
the altar of Jehovah
with tears, with weeping, and with sighing
, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither
receiveth it with good will at your hand.
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.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah
hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously ,
though
she
is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the
LORD
hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously :
yet
is she
thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
And did he
not make one ,
although
he
had the residue of the Spirit ?
And wherefore one? He sought
a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
And did not he
make one ?
Yet
had he
the residue of the spirit .
And wherefore one? That
he might
seek
a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For I
hate
putting
away,
saith
Jehovah
, the God of Israel, and
him
that covereth his garment with
violence
, saith Jehovah
of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
For the
LORD
, the God of Israel, saith
that he
hateth
putting
away:
for
one
covereth violence
with
his garment, saith the
LORD
of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Ye have wearied Jehovah
with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In
that
ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah
, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice
?
Ye have wearied the
LORD
with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When
ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the
LORD
, and he delighteth in them; or ,
Where is the God of judgment
?
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