Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
“So
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
“So I in turn have made you despised
International Standard Version
"So I also made you despised, humiliating you before all of the people, because you aren't following my ways and are showing partiality when you teach."
A Conservative Version
Therefore I also have 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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
“So I have also made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality [to people] in [your administration of] the law.”
Bible in Basic English
And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And also I set you despised and low to all the people, according as ye watch not my way, and lift up the face against the law.
King James 2000
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you [are] not keeping my way, but are {favoring your own instruction}."
Modern King James verseion
Therefore I have also made you despised and low before all the people, just as you have not kept My ways but are lifting up faces in the law.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore will I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputation among all the people: because ye have not kept my ways, but been partial in the law.
NET Bible
"Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction."
New Heart English Bible
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people, - in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Interlinear
Nathan
Bazah
Peh
Shamar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood
8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of the hosts.
9 “So
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore, the LORD God of Israel said, I had said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever, but now the LORD said, It shall never be; for those that honor me I will honor, and those that lightly esteem me shall be vile.
1 Kings 22:28
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me. Then he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall stink.
Jeremiah 28:15-16
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent thee; and thou hast made this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 29:20-22
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have cast out of Jerusalem unto Babylon:
Jeremiah 29:31-32
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus hath the LORD said concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah has prophesied unto you, and I did not send him, and he caused you to trust upon a lie;
Ezekiel 13:12-16
And behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the mud with which ye have plastered it?
Ezekiel 13:21
Your kerchiefs also I will tear and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Daniel 12:2-3
And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.
Micah 3:6-7
Therefore the vision shall be made night unto you, and darkness unto those that divine, and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Malachi 2:3
Behold, I reprehend your seed and spread the dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemnities; and ye shall be removed with it.
Malachi 2:8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of the hosts.
Matthew 5:21-22
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit murder, and whosoever shall commit murder shall be guilty of the judgment;
Matthew 5:27-28
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery;
Matthew 5:33-37
Again, ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not perjure thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths;
Matthew 5:43-44
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matthew 19:17-18
And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew 23:16-24
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Mark 7:8-14
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men as the washing of pots and cups, and many other such like things ye do.
Luke 10:29
But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
Luke 11:42
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over the judgment and the charity of God; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 20:45-47
Then in the audience of all the people, he said unto his disciples,
Romans 7:7-10
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? No, in no wise. But, I did not know sin except by the law; for neither would I have known lust if the law did not say, Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 2:6
But of these who seemed to be of repute, (whatever they were, it makes no matter to me: God does not accept the appearance of men), for those who seemed to be of repute in conference added nothing to me;