Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“Therefore, this decree is for you priests:

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.

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And now, O ye priests, this commandment toucheth 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And now, O ye priests
כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

מצוה 
Mitsvah 
Usage: 181

References

Fausets

Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 2:1

Verse Info

Context Readings

An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood

1 “Therefore, this decree is for you priests: 2 If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.



Cross References

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

Jeremiah 13:13

And you will say to them: This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land—the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem—with drunkenness.

Lamentations 4:13

מ MemYet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the guilt of her priests,
who shed the blood of the righteous
within her.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests!
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.

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