Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
"I have loved you," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD, "Yet I loved Jacob;
New American Standard Bible
“I have
King James Version
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Holman Bible
“I have loved you,”
But you ask: “How have You loved us?”
“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?”
International Standard Version
"I've loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, "How have you loved us?'
A Conservative Version
I have loved you, says LORD. Yet ye say, How have thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, says LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,
American Standard Version
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
Amplified
“I have loved you,” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,
Darby Translation
I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,
Julia Smith Translation
I loved you, said Jehovah. And ye said, In what didst thou love us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob? says Jehovah: and loving Jacob.
King James 2000
I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have loved you," says Yahweh, but you say, "How have you loved us?" "[Is] Esau not Jacob's brother?" {declares} Yahweh. "I have loved Jacob,
Modern King James verseion
I have loved you, says Jehovah. But you say, In what have You loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says Jehovah; yet I loved Jacob,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"I have loved you," sayeth the LORD: And yet ye say, "Wherein hast thou loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" sayeth the LORD, "Yet have I loved Jacob,
NET Bible
"I have shown love to you," says the Lord, but you say, "How have you shown love to us?" "Esau was Jacob's brother," the Lord explains, "yet I chose Jacob
The Emphasized Bible
I have loved you, saith Yahweh, and yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Is not Esau, brother, to Jacob? enquireth Yahweh, Yet have I loved Jacob,
Webster
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
World English Bible
"I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;
Youngs Literal Translation
I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, 'In what hast Thou loved us?'
Interlinear
'ahab
'ach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against Edom
1 An oracle: the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. 2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says the LORD, "Yet I loved Jacob; 3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared of old to me, saying, 'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
Isaiah 41:8-9
"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
Malachi 3:7-8
From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
Genesis 25:23
The LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.
Genesis 27:27-30
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
Genesis 27:33
Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
Genesis 28:3-4
May El Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Genesis 28:13-14
Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
Genesis 32:28-30
He said, "Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
Genesis 48:4
and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.'
Deuteronomy 4:37
Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God: The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 32:8-14
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Isaiah 43:4
Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
Jeremiah 2:5
Thus says the LORD, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jeremiah 2:31
Generation, consider the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'
Malachi 1:6-7
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says the LORD of hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
Malachi 3:13-14
"Your words have been stout against me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'
Luke 10:29
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
Romans 9:10-13
Not only so, but Rebekah also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
Romans 11:28-29
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.