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.


In Context

2 If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.

3 Lo, I am pushing away before you the seed, And have scattered dung before your faces, Dung of your festivals, And it hath taken you away with it.

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

5 My 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.

6 The law of truth hath been in his mouth, And perverseness hath not been found in his lips, In peace and in uprightness he walked with Me, And many he brought back from iniquity.

7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is.

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 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 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.