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.


In Context

2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will send poverty upon you, and will curse your blessings, yea I will curse them, because you have not laid it to heart.

3 Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and I will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it.

4 And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

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

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

7 For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the law at his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord 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 American Standard 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 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.