Malachi 2:5
Malachi chapter 2 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
KJV
King James Version · 1611My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
Context
v.4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
v.5This passage
v.6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Psalms 106:30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
- Numbers 25:12
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
- Numbers 3:45
Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
- Numbers 8:15
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;