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Complete Jewish Bible

Malachi 2:8

But you turned away from the path, you caused many to fail in the Torah, you corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Adonai -Tzva'ot.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Thompson Chain Reference - Helps-Hindrances;   Stumbling-Blocks;   The Topic Concordance - Contempt;   Corruption;   Disobedience;   Priests;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offence;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Priest;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Excommunication;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shekinah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Israel, Israelite;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Corrupt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 11;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“You, on the other hand, have turned from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of Armies.
King James Version (1611)
But yee are departed out of the way: ye haue caused many to stumble at the law: ye haue corrupted the couenant of Leui, saith the Lord of hostes.
King James Version
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
English Standard Version
But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
New American Standard Bible
"But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of armies.
New Century Version
But you priests have stopped obeying me. With your teachings you have caused many people to do wrong. You have broken the agreement with the tribe of Levi!" says the Lord All-Powerful.
Amplified Bible
"But as for you [priests], you have turned from the way and you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in the law]. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couenant of Leui, sayeth the Lord of hostes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts.
Legacy Standard Bible
But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
Berean Standard Bible
"But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of Hosts.
Contemporary English Version
But you have turned your backs on me. Your teachings have led others to do sinful things, and you have broken the agreement I made with your ancestor Levi.
Darby Translation
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Easy-to-Read Version
"But you priests stopped following me! You used the teachings to make people do wrong. You ruined the agreement with Levi." This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.
George Lamsa Translation
But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.
Good News Translation
"But now you priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have broken the covenant I made with you.
Lexham English Bible
But you, you have turned from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have ruined the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of hosts.
Literal Translation
But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the Law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Jehovah of Hosts.
American Standard Version
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Bible in Basic English
But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.
Hebrew Names Version
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of Hosts.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But ye haue gone out of the way, ye haue caused many to fall by the lawe: ye haue corrupted the couenaunt of Leui, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.
English Revised Version
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
World English Bible
But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Hosts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But ye wenten awei fro the weie, and sclaundren ful many men in the lawe; ye maden voide the couenaunt of Leuy, seith the Lord of oostis.
Update Bible Version
But you have turned aside out of the way; you have caused many to stumble in the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Yahweh of hosts.
Webster's Bible Translation
But ye have departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
New English Translation
You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi," says the Lord who rules over all.
New King James Version
But you have departed from the way; You have caused many to stumble at the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," Says the LORD of hosts.
New Living Translation
But you priests have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
New Life Bible
But you have turned aside from the way. You have made many fall by your teaching. You have sinned against the agreement of Levi," says the Lord of All.
New Revised Standard
But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance, - ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
Revised Standard Version
But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts,
Young's Literal Translation
And ye, ye have turned from the way, Ye have caused many to stumble in the law, Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But as for you, ye are gone clene out off the waye, and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe: ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.

Contextual Overview

1 "Now, cohanim, this command is for you. 2 If you won't listen, if you won't pay attention to honoring my name," says Adonai -Tzva'ot, "then I will send the curse on you; I will turn your blessings into curses. Yes, I will curse them, because you pay no attention. 3 I will reject your seed; I will throw dung in your faces, the dung from your festival offerings; and you will be carted off with it. 4 Then you will know that I sent you this command to affirm my covenant with Levi," says Adonai -Tzva'ot. 5 "My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave him these things. It was also one of fear, and he feared me; he was in awe of my name. 6 The true Torah was in his mouth, and no dishonesty was found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from sin. 7 A cohen's lips should safeguard knowledge, and people should seek Torah from his mouth, because he is the messenger of Adonai -Tzva'ot. 8 But you turned away from the path, you caused many to fail in the Torah, you corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Adonai -Tzva'ot. 9 "Therefore I have in turn made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you did not keep my ways but were partial in applying the Torah."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye are: Psalms 18:21, Psalms 119:102, Isaiah 30:11, Isaiah 59:13, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:13, Ezekiel 44:10, Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:6, Hebrews 3:12

ye have caused: Malachi 2:9, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:24, 1 Samuel 2:30, Isaiah 9:16, Jeremiah 18:15, Jeremiah 23:11-15, Matthew 15:2-5, Luke 11:45, Luke 11:46, Romans 2:19-24, Romans 14:21

stumble at: or, fall in

ye have corrupted: Malachi 2:5, Malachi 2:10, Leviticus 21:15, Nehemiah 13:29

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 17:11 - According to 2 Kings 5:27 - leprosy 2 Kings 23:9 - the priests Ezra 10:18 - the sons Psalms 73:15 - offend Psalms 119:126 - they Proverbs 12:8 - he Ezekiel 22:26 - priests Ezekiel 44:12 - they ministered Hosea 4:6 - because Micah 3:5 - concerning Zephaniah 3:4 - her priests Malachi 1:6 - O priests Malachi 1:12 - ye have Matthew 5:19 - shall teach Matthew 15:14 - they Mark 11:33 - We

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Adonai , God, planted a garden toward the east, in ‘Eden, and there he put the person whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground Adonai , God, caused to grow every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:24
So he drove the man out, and he placed at the east of the garden of ‘Eden the k'ruvim and a flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 4:16
So Kayin left the presence of Adonai and lived in the land of Nod [wandering], east of ‘Eden.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
2 Kings 19:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them? No, my ancestors destroyed them — Gozan, Haran, Retzef and the people of ‘Eden who were in Tel'asar.
Isaiah 51:3
For Adonai will comfort Tziyon, will comfort all her ruined places, will make her desert like ‘Eden, her ‘Aravah like the garden of Adonai . Joy and gladness will be there, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
Ezekiel 27:23
The merchants of Haran, Kaneh and ‘Eden, who traded also with Sh'va, Ashur and Kilmad,
Ezekiel 28:13
you were in ‘Eden, the garden of God; covered with all kinds of precious stones — carnelians, topaz, diamonds, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphires, green feldspar, emeralds; your pendants and jewels were made of gold, prepared the day you were created.
Ezekiel 31:16
At the sound of his fall I made the nations shake, when I hurled him down to Sh'ol with those who descend to the pit. All the trees of ‘Eden, the pick of the best in the L'vanon, all that take up water, were consoled in the underworld.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But ye are departed out of the way,.... Of truth and righteousness, of life and peace, of eternal salvation and happiness, pointed to by Christ and his forerunner, and by his apostles and ministers that followed him, and which was clearly showed in the preaching of the Gospel: this was the character of the chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, in Christ's time, to which the prophet seems to have respect; who not only failed in their observance of legal sacrifices, complained of in the former chapter Malachi 1:1, but left that way of atonement and salvation they directed to, and led others out of the way with them:

ye have caused many to stumble at the law; at the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ; which was the stumbling stone they fell at, seeking for righteousness, and directing others to seek for it, not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law, Romans 9:32:

ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts: that which was foreshadowed by the Levitical priesthood and covenant, namely, the covenant of grace, dispensed under the Gospel dispensation by the ministry of the word and ordinances; which they rejected, despised, and set at nought, and as much as in them lay endeavoured to make void, by not attending to these things, nor suffering others, but doing all they could to bring them into disuse, contempt, and disgrace.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye - o are departed out of the way “of knowledge, truth, equity, fear of God, which I appointed to Aaron and the Levites.” “Ye have caused many to stumble at the law.” He does not simply say, “in the law,” but “at” it. The law was what they stumbled at. They did not only misunderstand the law, through the false teaching of the priests, as though it allowed things which in truth were sins (although this too); itself was their source of stumbling. As Jesus Himself was “a rock of offence” whereon they stumbled, because through His divine holiness He was not what they expected Him to be, so contrariwise the law became an offence to them through the unholiness and inconsistency of the lives and ways of those who taught it; much as we now hear Christianity spoken against, because of the inconsistency of Christians. So Paul saith to the Jews Romans 2:24, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written;” and, for the sins of Eli’s sons (1 Samuel 2:17, Pococke) “men abhorred the offering of the Lord.”

And have corrupted the covenant of Levi - as it is said in Nehemiah, Nehemiah 13:29, “They have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of Levi, that covenant which was life and peace” Malachi 2:5, and, therefore, forfeited them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Malachi 2:8. But ye are departed out of the way — Ye are become impure yourselves, and ye have led others into iniquity.


 
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