Malachi 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹרַ֤ת אֱמֶת֙ הָיְתָ֣ה בְּפִ֔יהוּ וְעַוְלָ֖ה לֹא־נִמְצָ֣א בִשְׂפָתָ֑יו בְּשָׁל֤וֹם וּבְמִישׁוֹר֙ הָלַ֣ךְ אִתִּ֔י וְרַבִּ֖ים הֵשִׁ֥יב מֵעָוֺֽן׃

Transliteration

Tôrat ʾĕmet hāytâ in-pîhû and-ʿawlâ not-nimṣāʾ in-śəpātāyw in-šālôm and-in-mîšôr hālak with-me and-rabbîm hēšîb from-ʿāwōn

Grammar Details

• *Tôrat*: feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
• *ʾĕmet*: feminine singular noun - truth/faithfulness
• *hāytâ*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she was
• *pîhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *ʿawlâ*: feminine singular noun - injustice/unrighteousness
• *nimṣāʾ*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - was found
• *śəpātāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his lips
• *šālôm*: masculine singular noun - peace
• *mîšôr*: masculine singular noun - uprightness/straightness
• *hālak*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he walked
• *rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
• *hēšîb*: hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he caused to return/turn back
• *ʿāwōn*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/guilt

Word Meanings

• *Tôrat*: law/instruction/teaching of
• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wrongdoing
• *šālôm*: peace/wellbeing/completeness
• *mîšôr*: uprightness/straightness/equity/level ground
• *hēšîb*: he turned back/caused to return/restored
• *ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment/sin

Referenced Verses

• Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
• Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
• Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and {G3756} carest not for any one; for thou regardest not {G1519} the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
• Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to] [walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him].
• Luke 20:21 : 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person [of any], but of a truth teachest the way of God:
• Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
• 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• 2 Tim 2:15-16 : 15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth. 16 But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
• Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; 9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
• Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth was found no lie: {G1063} they are without blemish.
• Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
• Gen 5:21-24 : 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
• Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
• Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.