MAL 2:9 Parallel View

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ULT “So I also have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept my ways, but have instead shown partiality in matters of the law.”

UST Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused them to shame you, for you have not obeyed me. Instead, you teach people different things, depending on how important they are.”

BSB “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

OEB ‘So I have I made you contemptible and degraded before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, and have had no respect for me in imparting the law.’

WEB “Therefore I have also made you contemptible and wicked before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

NET “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.”

LSV “And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people,
Because you are not keeping My ways,
And are accepting by superficial things in the Law.”

FBV So I have destroyed any respect you had, and humiliated you before all the people. For you have not kept my ways, and have shown favoritism in what you teach.[fn]

2:9 Or “You have not brought blessings to people through your teaching.”

T4T Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach people my commands, you do not treat all people equally.”

LEB “And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you are not keeping[fn] my way, but arefavoring your own instruction.”[fn]
¶

?:? Or “observing”

?:? Literally “lifting faces in the instruction/law”

BBE And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

MOF No MOF MAL book available

JPS Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept My ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

ASV Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

DRA Therefore have I also made you contemptible, and base before all people, as you have not kept my ways, and have accepted persons in the law.

YLT And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

DBY And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in [administering] the law.

RV Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
(Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye/you_all have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.)

2.9 have been…: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces

BB Therefore haue I also made you despised and vyle before all the people, because you kept not my wayes, but haue ben parciall in the lawe.
(Therefore have I also made you despised and vyle before all the people, because you kept not my ways, but have been parciall in the law.)

GNV Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.
(Therefore have I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because ye/you_all kept not my ways, but have beene partiall in the Law. )

CB Therfore wil I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputacion amonge all ye people: because ye haue not kepte my wayes, but bene parciall in the lawe.
(Therfore will I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputacion among all ye/you_all people: because ye/you_all have not kepte my ways, but been parciall in the law.)

WYC For which thing and Y yaf you worthi to be dispisid, and bowen to alle puplis, as ye kepten not my weies, and token a face in the lawe.
(For which thing and I gave you worthy to be dispisid, and bown to all peoples, as ye/you_all kepten not my ways, and token a face in the law.)

LUT Darum hab ich auch euch gemacht, daß ihr verachtet und unwert seid vor dem ganzen Volk, weil ihr meine Wege nicht haltet und sehet Personen an im Gesetze.
(Therefore hab I also you made, that her verachtet and unwert seid before/in_front_of to_him ganzen people, weil her my Wege not haltet and sehet Personen at in_the lawe.)

CLV Propter quod et ego dedi vos contemptibiles, et humiles omnibus populis, sicut non servastis vias meas, et accepistis faciem in lege.
(Propter that and I dedi vos contemptibiles, and humiles omnibus populis, sicut not/no servastis vias meas, and accepistis faciem in lege. )

BRN And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have [fn]been partial in the law.

2:9 Gr. accepted persons.

BrLXX Κᾀγὼ δέδωκα ὑμᾶς ἐξουδενωμένους καὶ ἀπεῤῥιμμένους εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἀνθʼ ὧν ὑμεῖς οὐκ ἐφυλάξασθε τὰς ὁδούς μου, ἀλλὰ ἐλαμβάνετε πρόσωπα ἐν νόμῳ.
(Kᾀgō dedōka humas exoudenōmenous kai apeῤɽimmenous eis panta ta ethnaʸ, anthʼ hōn humeis ouk efulaxasthe tas hodous mou, alla elambanete prosōpa en nomōi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עָ֑ם

to/from=all/each/any/every the,people

This spatial idea stands for the people’s awareness of the priests’ evil behavior.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵֽינְ⁠כֶם֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים אֶת־דְּרָכַ֔⁠י

not,you_all keeping DOM ways,my

Here ways stands for “desires” and “behavior.” These ways are spoken of as if they were things that could be kept by people. Alternate translation: “you have not followed my desires in how you should live”

וְ⁠נֹשְׂאִ֥ים פָּנִ֖ים בַּ⁠תּוֹרָֽה

and,ones_showing_partiality faces in/on/at/with,instruction

Alternate translation: “but have set easy standards of behavior for people you like and difficult standards of behavior for people you do not like”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠נֹשְׂאִ֥ים פָּנִ֖ים

and,ones_showing_partiality faces

Here the habit of favoring some people more than others is spoken of as if it were a thing that could be shown to others. Alternate translation: “but have made people aware that you favor some people more than others

Parallel MAL 2:9