Malachi 2:15
What does Malachi 2:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Malachi 2:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Did 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed ofGod. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
Context
v.14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
v.15This passage
v.16For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
- Matthew 19:4
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
- Genesis 26:34
And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
- Genesis 1:27
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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