Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now, O ye priests, this commandment toucheth you.
New American Standard Bible
“And now this commandment is for you, O priests.
King James Version
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Holman Bible
“Therefore, this decree
International Standard Version
Now this commandment is for you priests:
A Conservative Version
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
American Standard Version
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Amplified
“Now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
Bible in Basic English
And now, O you priests, this order is for you.
Darby Translation
And now, ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Julia Smith Translation
And now to you this command, O ye priests.
King James 2000
And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And so then, O priests, this command [is] for you:
Modern King James verseion
And now, O priests, this command is for you.
NET Bible
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
New Heart English Bible
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, for you, is this charge, O ye priests: -
Webster
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
World English Bible
"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And now, to you is this charge, O priests,
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment toucheth you. 2 If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.
Cross References
Malachi 1:6
"Should not a son honour his father, and a servant his master? If I be now a father, where is mine honour? If I be the LORD, where am I feared? sayeth the LORD of Hosts, now, to you priests that despise my name. And if ye say, 'Wherein have we despised thy name?'
Jeremiah 13:13
Then shalt thou say unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabiters of this land with drunkenness, the kings that sit upon David's stool, the Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem.
Lamentations 4:13
{Mem} Which nevertheless is come to pass for the sins of her prophets, and for the wickedness of her priests that have shed innocents' blood within her.
Hosea 5:1
O ye priests, hear this; take heed, O thou household of Israel; give ear, O thou kingly house. For this punishment will come upon you, that are become a snare unto Mizphah, and a spread net unto the mount of Tabor.