NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Therefore have I also madenathan (naw-than') to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) you contemptible bazah (baw-zaw') to disesteem -- despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person. and base shaphal (shaw-fawl') depressed, literally or figuratively -- base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly). before all the people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. according peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to as ye have not kept shamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. my ways derek (deh'-rek) a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb but have been partial nasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) in the law towrah (to-raw') a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction. King James Bible Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction." International Standard Version "So I also made you despised, humiliating you before all of the people, because you aren't following my ways and are showing partiality when you teach." NET Bible "Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction." GOD'S WORD® Translation "So I have made you disgusting, and I have humiliated you in front of all the people, because you have not followed my ways. You have been unfair when [applying] my teachings." King James 2000 Bible Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. Links Malachi 2:9Malachi 2:9 NIV Malachi 2:9 NLT Malachi 2:9 ESV Malachi 2:9 NASB Malachi 2:9 KJV |
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