4You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,| says Yahweh of Armies.


In Context

1 |Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

2 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,| says Yahweh of Armies, |then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.

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

4 You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,| says Yahweh of Armies.

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.

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.

Malachi 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And you will know that I have sent you this admonition so that my covenant with Levi may continue," says the Lord Almighty.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, said the LORD of hosts.