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Malachi 1:12

But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

KJV

Et vos polluistis illud in eo quod dicitis : Mensa Domini contaminata est, et quod superponitur contemptibilis est, cum igne qui illud devorat.

Vulgate

ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ὑμᾶς Τράπεζα Κυρίου ἠλισγημένη ἐστίν, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτιθέμενα ἐξουδένωνται βρώματα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.

ASV

וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם מְחַלְּלִ֣ים אוֹת֑/וֹ בֶּ/אֱמָרְ/כֶ֗ם שֻׁלְחַ֤ן אֲדֹנָ/י֙ מְגֹאָ֣ל ה֔וּא וְ/נִיב֖/וֹ נִבְזֶ֥ה אָכְלֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אֹֽכֶל
'kl
noun · 44×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 43×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
י
y
noun · 440×
י
y
noun · 71×
יִתְגָּאַ֛ל
ytg'l
verb · 11×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נוב
nvb
noun · 3×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:29 — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israe
  • 2Chr 4:8 — He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
  • 2Sam 24:24 — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the thre
  • Ezek 22:8 — Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
  • Ezek 41:22 — The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table
  • Ezek 44:7 — In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the bl
  • Ezek 44:16 — They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
  • Lev 18:21 — And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Lev 22:25 — Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Mal 1:7 — Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
  • Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)