MAL 2:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t we all have one father? Didn’t the one God create us all? So why do we cheat each other, thus disrespecting the agreement with our ancestors?

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Οὐχὶ πατὴρ εἷς πάντων ὑμῶν; οὐχὶ Θεὸς εἷς ἔκτισεν ὑμᾶς; τί ὅτι ἐγκατελίπετε ἕκαστος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ βεβηλῶσαι τὴν διαθήκην τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν;
(Ouⱪi pataʸr heis pantōn humōn; ouⱪi Theos heis ektisen humas; ti hoti egkatelipete hekastos ton adelfon autou, tou bebaʸlōsai taʸn diathaʸkaʸn tōn paterōn humōn; )

BrTr Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?

ULT Is there not one father for us all? Has not one God created us? Why are we faithless each man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

UST Now I, Malachi, will warn you about something else. It is certain that we Israelites are a people group only because God has created us as a people group. But we lie to each other and harm each other; in this way we disgrace the covenant that Yahweh made with our ancestors.

BSB § Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

OEB Don’t we have all one father? Didn’t one God created us? Why do we deal faithlessly with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

WEBBE Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?

LSV Have we not all one Father? Has not our God created us? Why do we deal treacherously,
Each against his brother,
To defile the covenant of our fathers?

FBV Don't we all have one Father? Didn't one God create us? So why are we unfaithful to each other, violating the agreement made by our forefathers?

T4T Now I will warn you about something else. We all certainly [RHQ] have the same heavenly Father. We are certainly [RHQ] all created by the same God. So why are [RHQ] some of you disobeying/despising the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do?

LEB Do we not all have[fn] one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we unfaithful to one another,[fn] profaning the covenant of our ancestors?[fn]

2:10 Literally “Is for all of us not”

2:10 Literally “each man to his brother”

2:10 Or “fathers”

BBE Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?

Moff No Moff MAL book available

JPS Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

ASV Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

DRA Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?

YLT Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?

Drby Have we not all one father? Hath not one [fn]God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

2.10 El

RV Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Wbstr Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

KJB-1769 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
(Have we not all one father? hath/has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? )

KJB-1611 [fn]Haue we not all one father? hath not one God created vs? Why doe we deale treacherously euery man against his brother, by prophaning the couenant of our fathers?
(Have we not all one father? hath/has not one God created us? Why do we deale treacherously every man against his brother, by prophaning the covenant of our fathers?)

2:10 Eph.4.6.

Bshps Haue we not all one father? hath not God made vs al? why then is euery one deceaued of his brother, to violate the couenaunt of our fathers?
(Have we not all one father? hath/has not God made us al? why then is every one deceaued of his brother, to violate the covenant of our fathers?)

Gnva Haue we not all one father? hath not one God made vs? why doe we transgresse euery one against his brother, and breake the couenant of our fathers?
(Have we not all one father? hath/has not one God made us? why do we transgresse every one against his brother, and break the covenant of our fathers? )

Cvdl Haue we not all one father? Hath not one God made vs? why doth euery one off vs then despyse his owne brother, and so breake the couenaunt of oure fathers?
(Have we not all one father? Hath not one God made us? why doth every one off us then despise his own brother, and so break the covenant of our fathers?)

Wycl Whether not o fadir is of alle you? whether o God made not of nouyt you? Whi therfor ech of you dispisith his brother, and defoulith the couenaunt of youre fadris?
(Whether not o father is of all you? whether o God made not of nought/nothing you? Whi therefore each of you dispisith his brother, and defoulith the covenant of your(pl) fathers?)

Luth Denn haben wir nicht alle einen Vater? Hat uns nicht ein GOtt geschaffen? Warum verachten wir denn einer den andern und entheiligen den Bund, mit unsern Vätern gemacht?
(Because have we/us not all a Vater? Hat us/to_us/ourselves not a God geschaffen? Warum verachten we/us because einer the change and entheiligen the Bund, with unsern Vätern made?)

ClVg Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum? numquid non Deus unus creavit nos? quare ergo despicit unusquisque nostrum fratrem suum, violans pactum patrum nostrorum?
(Numquid not/no father unus omnium nostrum? numquid not/no God unus created nos? quare therefore despicit unusquisque nostrum brother his_own, violans pactum patrum of_ours? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠ל֨וֹא אָ֤ב אֶחָד֙ לְ⁠כֻלָּ֔⁠נוּ הֲ⁠ל֛וֹא אֵ֥ל אֶֽחָ֖ד בְּרָאָ֑⁠נוּ

am=not father one(ms) have,all,we am=not god one created,us

Malachi is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “We all have one father; one God created us!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הֲ⁠ל֨וֹא אָ֤ב אֶחָד֙ לְ⁠כֻלָּ֔⁠נוּ הֲ⁠ל֛וֹא אֵ֥ל אֶֽחָ֖ד בְּרָאָ֑⁠נוּ

am=not father one(ms) have,all,we am=not god one created,us

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. However, since the first uses an image and the second explains the image, you might keep both phrases in your translation and show how the second explains the first. Alternate translation: “The same God created all of us. And so it is as if we all had the same father”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַדּ֗וּעַ נִבְגַּד֙ אִ֣ישׁ בְּ⁠אָחִ֔י⁠ו לְ⁠חַלֵּ֖ל בְּרִ֥ית אֲבֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

why faithless (a)_man in/on/at/with,another,his so_as_to,profaning covenant fathers,our

Malachi is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “We should not deal treacherously, a man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֣ישׁ בְּ⁠אָחִ֔י⁠ו

(a)_man in/on/at/with,another,his

This is an expression that people of this culture would commonly use to mean that people were acting against others of their own community. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people against others of their own community”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲבֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

fathers,our

Malachi is speaking of the ancestors of the Israelites as if they were the fathers of the current generation. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “our forefathers”

Parallel MAL 2:10