Malachi 1:5
What does Malachi 1:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Malachi 1:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And your eyes will see it; and you will say, The Lord is great even outside the limits of Israel.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And your eyes do see, and ye say, `Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And your eyes shall see [it], and ye shall say, Jehovah is magnified beyond the border of Israel.
Context
v.4Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
v.5This passage
v.6A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 35:26
Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
- Deuteronomy 4:3
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
- Joshua 24:7
And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
- Luke 10:23
And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
- Ezekiel 38:16
and thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23
And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
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