Malachi 2:5

In 11 translations

BSB

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

KJV

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.

WEB

“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.

ASV

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.

LSV

“My covenant has been of life and of peace with him, || And I make them a fear to him, and he fears Me, || And because of My Name he has been frightened.

YLT

My covenant hath been with him of life and of peace, And I make them to him a fear, and he doth fear Me, And because of My name he hath been affrighted.

DBY

My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.

DRC

My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear: and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name.

GNV

My couenant was with him of life and peace, and I gaue him feare, and he feared mee, and was afraid before my Name.

JPS

My covenant was with him of life and peace, and I gave them to him, and of fear, and he feared Me, and was afraid of My name.

LXXE

My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awe-struck at my name.Or, power, or, charge to fear me, etc.See 2 Cor. 8. 20.

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WLC

בְּרִיתִ֣י ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה אִתּ֗וֹ הַֽחַיִּים֙ וְהַ֨שָּׁל֔וֹם וָאֶתְּנֵֽם־ל֥וֹ מוֹרָ֖א וַיִּֽירָאֵ֑נִי וּמִפְּנֵ֥י שְׁמִ֖י נִחַ֥ת הֽוּא׃

LXX-Br

Ἡ διαθήκη μου ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ ἐν φόβῳ φοβεῖσθαί με, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀνόματός μου στέλλεσθαι αὐτόν·

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• Numbers 25:12–13Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace. It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
• Ezekiel 37:26And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.
• Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
• Numbers 16:9–10Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to…
• Exodus 32:26–29So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him. He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to…
• Deuteronomy 33:8–11Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah. He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He…
• Numbers 3:45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
• Psalms 106:30–31But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained. It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
• Numbers 8:15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
• Numbers 18:8–24Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. A portion…

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