Malachi 2:5

Berean Standard Bible (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.

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3 Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

4 Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

5 “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.

6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

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Malachi 2:5 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: “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 King James Version: 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 World English Bible: “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 American Standard Version: 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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 Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster Bible: My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name.