Verse List for MAL 2:15

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OET (OET-RV) Didn’t Yahweh make you and your wife one and give you some of his spirit because he wanted godly children to come from your marriage? So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don’t be unfaithful to the woman you married when you were young.

OET-LV And_not one he _made and_a _remnant _of spirit to_him/it and_what the_one seeking offspring _of god and_you(pl)_will _take _heed in_spirit _of_your(pl) and_with_the _wife _of your _youth(s)_of_your not let _anyone _deal _treacherously.

ULT And did he not make one, and a remnant of spirit, was to him? And why one? He was seeking seed of God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not deal treacherously with the wife of your youth.

UST God has united husbands and wives so that they are one, and he has made their marriage a spiritual relationship. God made them one because he wants them to have children who are faithful to him. So be careful. Do not break your promise to the wife you married when you were a young man.

BSB & MSB Has not [the LORD] made them one, having a portion of the Spirit And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

OEB Did not the one God make everyone, so that all both flesh and spirit is his? And what does that one God seek but godly children? Therefore keep watch over your spirit, and let none of you deal faithlessly with the wife of your youth.

WEBBE & WMBB Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

NET No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

LSV And He did not make one [only],
And a remnant of the Spirit [is] for him. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And you have been watchful over your spirit,
And with the wife of your youth,
None deal treacherously.

FBV Did he not make you one, and give some of his Spirit to you? And what does he want? Children of God.[fn] So watch what you do, and don't be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.

T4T It is certainly [RHQ] Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. So what he wants [RHQ] from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain ◄with/loyal to► the woman that you married when you were young.

LEB _⌊Did not one God make them?_⌋[fn] But a remnant of the spirit is his.[fn] And what does the one God desire? An offspring of God.[fn] _⌊You must be attentive to_⌋[fn] your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

BBE ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Moff Not one of you has any trace of moral sense. Not one desires to have children from God. Take heed to yourselves, and let none prove unfaithful to the wife of his youth,

JPS And not one hath done so who had exuberance of spirit! For what seeketh the one? a seed given of God. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

ASV And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

DRA Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

YLT And He did not make one [only], And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

Drby And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of [fn]God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,

RV And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

SLT And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth.

Wbstr And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

KJB-1769 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.[fn][fn][fn]

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]And did not he make one? yet had he the residue of the spirit: and wherefore one? that hee might seeke a godly seed: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deale treacherously against the wife of his youth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth.
(And did not he make one? yet had he abundance of spiritie: And wherefore one? Because he sought a godly seed: therefore keep yourselves in your spirit, and let none transgress against the wife of his youth.)

Gnva And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, and let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.
(And did not he make one? yet had he abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seed: therefore keep yourselves in your spirit, and let none trespass against the wife of his youth.)

Cvdl So dyd not the one, & yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to youre sprete, & let no man despyse ye wife of his youth.
(So did not the one, and yet had he an excellent spirit. What did then the one? He sought the seed promised of God. Therefore look well to your(pl) spirit, and let no man despise ye/you_all wife of his youth.)

Wycl Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe;
(Whether one made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what seeketh/seeks one, no but the seed of God? Therefore keep ye/you_all your(pl) spirit, and won’t thou/you despise the wife of thy/your youth;)

Luth Also tat der Einige nicht und war doch eines großen Geistes. Was tat aber der Einige? Er suchte den Samen von GOtt (verheißen). Darum so sehet euch vor vor eurem Geiste, und verachte keiner das Weib seiner Jugend!
(So did the/of_the Einige not and what/which though/but one/a large spirit. What did but the/of_the Einige? He searched the seed(s) from God (promised). Therefore so see you before/in_front_of before/in_front_of yours(pl) spirits, and despise none/no_one the woman his youth!)

ClVg Nonne unus fecit, et residuum spiritus ejus est? et quid unus quærit, nisi semen Dei? custodite ergo spiritum vestrum, et uxorem adolescentiæ tuæ noli despicere.
(Isn’t_it one he_did, and residuum spirit his/her it_is? and what one seeks, except seed of_God? keep_safe therefore spirit of_you, and wife of_adolescence yours don’t despicere.)

UHB וְ⁠לֹא־אֶחָ֣ד עָשָׂ֗ה וּ⁠שְׁאָ֥ר ר֨וּחַ֙ ל֔⁠וֹ וּ⁠מָה֙ הָֽ⁠אֶחָ֔ד מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ זֶ֣רַע אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ⁠נִשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ בְּ⁠ר֣וּחֲ⁠כֶ֔ם וּ⁠בְ⁠אֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶ֖י⁠ךָ אַל־יִבְגֹּֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ οὐ καλὸν ἐποίησε; καὶ ὑπόλειμμα πνεύματος αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἴπατε, τί ἄλλο ἢ σπέρμα ζητεῖ ὁ Θεός; καὶ φυλάξασθε ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν, καὶ γυναῖκα νεότητός σου μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς.

BrTr And did he not do well? and there was the residue of his spirit. But ye said, What does God seek but a seed? But take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of thy youth.