9And 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.


In Context

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 he turned many from iniquity.

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

8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

9 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.

10 Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

11 Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Malachi 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:9"So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9|Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.