5My 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.


In Context

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

3 Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.

4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

5 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.

6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

Malachi 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5"My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5My covenant was with him of life and peace: and I gave him fear: and he feared me, and he was afraid before my name.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5|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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5My 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.