Malachi 2:5
My 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.
KJV
Pactum meum fuit cum eo vitæ et pacis : et dedi ei timorem, et timuit me, et a facie nominis mei pavebat.
Vulgate
ἡ διαθήκη μου ἦν μετ’ αὐτοῦ τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ ἐν φόβῳ φοβεῖσθαι καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀνόματός μου στέλλεσθαι αὐτόν.
LXX
My 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.
ASV
בְּרִיתִ֣/י הָיְתָ֣ה אִתּ֗/וֹ הַֽ/חַיִּים֙ וְ/הַ֨/שָּׁל֔וֹם וָ/אֶתְּנֵֽ/ם ל֥/וֹ מוֹרָ֖א וַ/יִּֽירָאֵ֑/נִי וּ/מִ/פְּנֵ֥י שְׁמִ֖/י נִחַ֥ת הֽוּא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 35.—Of the Prophecy of the Three Prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. There remain three minor prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, who prophesied at the close of the captivity. Of these Haggai more openly prophesies of Christ and the Church thus briefly: “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet one little while, and I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the s…
Cross-references
- Deut 33:8 — And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
- Exod 32:26 — Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
- Ezek 34:25 — And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Ezek 37:26 — Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore
- Isa 8:13 — Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Isa 54:10 — For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
- Mal 2:8 — 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 the LORD of hosts.
- Num 3:45 — Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
- Num 8:15 — And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
- Num 16:9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to s
- Num 18:8 — And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anoi
- Num 25:12 — Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
- Ps 106:30 — Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.