Malachi 2:9

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

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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.

8 But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

9 “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

11 Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

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Malachi 2:9 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
ASV 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.
YLT Young's 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.
DBY 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.