Verse List for MAL 1:2

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital Speaker(s)=Narrator,Yahweh (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) “I have loved you all,” says Yahweh, but you say, “How have you shown your love for us?”
¶  “Wasn’t Esaw Yacob’s brother?” declares Yahweh. “Yet I’ve loved Yacob

OET-LV I _have _loved you(pl) YHWH he _says and_you(pl)_say how have_you(pl)_loved _us am_not did_a _brother ˊĒsāv belong_to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _loved DOM Yaˊₐqoⱱ.

ULT “I have loved you,” says Yahweh. But you say, “In what have you loved us?” “Was not Esau a brother to Jacob?” the declaration of Yahweh. “Yet I loved Jacob,

UST Yahweh says to the Israelites, “I have shown that I love you.” They may wonder what I mean and ask, “How have you shown love to us?” Yahweh would reply, “Esau and Jacob were brothers. I chose to love Jacob and his descendants.

BSB & MSB “I have loved you,” says the LORD.
§  But you ask, “How have You loved us?”
§  “Was not Esau Jacob ’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

OEB ¶  ‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. ‘But you ask, “How have you shown love to us?” Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?’ explains the Lord of hosts, ‘yet I loved Jacob,

WEBBE & WMBB “I have loved you,” says the LORD.
¶  Yet you say, “How have you loved us?”
¶  “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” says the LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob;

MSG ^(2-3)God said, “I love you.” You replied, “Really? How have you loved us?” “Look at history” (this is God’s answer). “Look at how differently I’ve treated you, Jacob, from Esau: I loved Jacob and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town.”

NET “I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?”
¶  “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob

LSV “I have loved you, said YHWH,
And you have said,
In what have You loved us?

FBV I have loved[fn] you, says the Lord.
¶  But you ask, “How have you loved us?”
¶  Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? the Lord responds. But I loved Jacob

T4T Yahweh says, “I have always loved you Israeli people.”

LEB ¶  “I have loved you,” says Yahweh, but you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is Esau not Jacob’s brother?” _⌊declares_⌋[fn] Yahweh. “I have loved Jacob,

BBE You have been loved by me, says the Lord. But you say, Where was your love for us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: but Jacob was loved by me,

Moff I have loved you indeed, says the Eternal; yet you ask, “How hast thou loved us?” “Thus,” the Eternal answers; “is not Esau the brother of Jacob, and yet I have loved Jacob

JPS I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say: 'Wherein hast Thou loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD; yet I loved Jacob;

ASV I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

DRA I have loved you, saith the Lord: and you have said: Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob, saith the Lord, and I have loved Jacob,

YLT I have loved you, said Jehovah, And ye have said, 'In what hast Thou loved us?'

Drby I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

RV I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob;
(I have loved you, saith/says the LORD. Yet ye/you_all say, Wherein hast thou/you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith/says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob;)

SLT I loved you, said Jehovah. And ye said, In what didst thou love us? Was not Esau brother to Jacob? says Jehovah: and loving Jacob.

Wbstr I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, In what hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

KJB-1769 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
(I have loved you, saith/says the LORD. Yet ye/you_all say, Wherein hast thou/you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith/says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,)

KJB-1611 I haue loued you, sayth the LORD: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? was not Esau Iacobs brother, sayth the LORD? yet I loued Iacob,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps I haue loued you saith the Lord: yet ye say, wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iacobs brother, saith the Lorde, yet loued I Iacob?
(I have loved you saith/says the Lord: yet ye/you_all say, wherein hast thou/you loved us? Was not Esau Yacobs brother, saith/says the Lord, yet loved I Yacob?)

Gnva I haue loued you, sayth the Lord: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob,
(I have loved you, saith/says the Lord: yet ye/you_all say, Wherein hast thou/you loved us? Was not Esau Yacobs brother, saith/says the Lord? yet I loved Yacob,)

Cvdl I haue loued you, sayeth ye LORDE: ad yet ye saye: wherin hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iacobs brother, sayeth the LORDE? yet haue I loued Iacob,
(I have loved you, saith/says ye/you_all LORD: and yet ye/you_all say: wherein hast thou/you loved us? Was not Esau Yacobs brother, saith/says the LORD? yet have I loved Yacob,)

Wycl Y louyde you, seith the Lord, and ye seiden, In what thing louydist thou vs? Whether Esau was not the brother of Jacob, seith the Lord, and Y louyde Jacob,
(I loved you, saith/says the Lord, and ye/you_all said, In what thing loved thou/you us? Whether Esau was not the brother of Yacob, saith/says the Lord, and I loved Yacob,)

Luth Ich hab euch lieb, spricht der HErr. So sprechet ihr: Womit hast du uns lieb? Ist nicht Esau Jakobs Bruder? spricht der HErr; noch hab ich Jakob lieb
(I have you kind/sweet/dear, speaks/says the/of_the LORD. So say you(pl)/their/her: Womit have you(sg) us/to_us/ourselves kind/sweet/dear? Is not Esau Yakob’s brother? speaks/says the/of_the LORD; still have I Yakob kind/sweet/dear)

ClVg Dilexi vos, dicit Dominus, et dixistis: In quo dilexisti nos? Nonne frater erat Esau Jacob? dicit Dominus: et dilexi Jacob,
(I_loved you(pl), he_says Master, and you_said: In where you_loved us? Isn’t_it brother was Esau Yacob? he_says Master: and I_loved Yacob,)

UHB אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֶתְ⁠כֶם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַ⁠אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּ⁠מָּ֣ה אֲהַבְתָּ֑⁠נוּ הֲ⁠לוֹא־אָ֨ח עֵשָׂ֤ו לְ⁠יַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וָ⁠אֹהַ֖ב אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος· καὶ εἴπατε, ἐν τίνι ἠγάπησας ἡμᾶς; οὐκ ἀδελφὸς ἦν Ἠσαῦ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἠγάπησα τὸν Ἰακὼβ,

BrTr I have loved you, saith the Lord. And ye said, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,