Malachi 2:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn 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 counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
• Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
• Dan 12:3 : 3 And they that be 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 will also forget thy children.
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
• Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to 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 he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
• Luke 20:21 : 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• 2 Tim 2:15-16 : 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
• Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
• Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
• Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; 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 just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
• Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh{H8762)} of judgment.