Malachi 2:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD will cut off the man who does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַכְרֵ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה לָאִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַעֲשֶׂ֙נָּה֙ עֵ֣ר וְעֹנֶ֔ה מֵאָהֳלֵ֖י יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב וּמַגִּ֣ישׁ מִנְחָ֔ה לַֽיהוָ֖ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

yakrēt YHWH to-the-ʾîš ʾăšer yaʿăśennâ ʿēr and-ʿōneh from-ʾohŏlê Yaʿăqōb and-maggîš minḥâ to-YHWH ṣəbāʾôt

Grammar Details

• *yakrēt*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will cut off
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/that
• *yaʿăśennâ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - he will do it
• *ʿēr*: masculine singular participle - one who is awake
• *ʿōneh*: qal participle masculine singular - one who answers
• *ʾohŏlê*: masculine plural construct - tents of
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *maggîš*: hiphil participle masculine singular - one who brings near/offers
• *minḥâ*: feminine singular noun - offering/gift
• *ṣəbāʾôt*: feminine plural noun - hosts/armies

Word Meanings

• *yakrēt*: he will cut off/destroy/remove
• *ʾîš*: man/person/anyone
• *yaʿăśennâ*: he will do/make/perform it
• *ʿēr* and-*ʿōneh*: possibly idiomatic: anyone who is watchful and responsive/master and scholar/him who wakes and him who answers
• *ʾohŏlê*: tents/dwellings/habitations of
• *maggîš*: one who brings near/offers/presents
• *minḥâ*: offering/gift/tribute/sacrifice

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Lord will cut off from the tents of Jacob anyone who does this—any one who is alert and responsive—but still presents an offering to the Lord of Hosts.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jehovah{H3068} will cut off,{H3772} to the man{H376} that doeth{H6213} this, him that waketh{H5782} and him that answereth,{H6030} out of the tents{H168} of Jacob,{H3290} and him that offereth{H5066} an offering{H4503} unto Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The LORD{H3068} will cut off{H3772}{(H8686)} the man{H376} that doeth{H6213}{(H8799)} this, the master{H5782}{(H8802)} and the scholar{H6030}{(H8802)}, out of the tabernacles{H168} of Jacob{H3290}, and him that offereth{H5066}{(H8688)} an offering{H4503} unto the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the LORDE shal destroye the ma that doth this (yee both the master & the scolar) out off the tabernacle of Iacob, with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this: both the master and the seruaunt out of the Tabernacle of Iaacob, and him that offereth an offering vnto the Lord of hostes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lorde wyll destroy the man that doth this, both the rayser vp and the aunswerer out of the tabernacle of Iacob, and him that offereth an offering vnto the Lorde of hoastes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Hosts.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Cut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted -- from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him who makes an offering to the Lord of armies.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May the LORD cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies!

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD. 4 And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect for Abel and his offering: 5 But for Cain and his offering he did not have respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
• Lev 18:29 : 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
• Lev 20:3 : 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
• Num 15:30-31 : 30 But the soul who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native or a stranger, that soul reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken His commandment, that soul shall be completely cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
• Num 24:5 : 5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
• Josh 23:12-13 : 12 Otherwise, if you do at all turn back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even those that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you: 13 Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
• 1 Sam 2:31-34 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, that I will cut off your strength, and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 And you shall see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 33 And any of yours whom I do not cut off from my altar shall bring sorrow to your eyes and grief to your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the prime of their life. 34 And this shall be a sign to you, that shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; they shall both die on the same day.
• 1 Sam 3:14 : 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice or offering forever.
• 1 Sam 15:22-23 : 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.
• 1 Chr 25:8 : 8 And they cast lots, division against division, from the small to the great, the teacher as well as the student.
• Ezra 10:18-19 : 18 Among the sons of the priests who had taken foreign wives were found among the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They gave their promise that they would put away their wives. Being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock for their guilt offering.
• Neh 13:28-29 : 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore, I drove him from me. 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
• Isa 9:14-16 : 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.
• Isa 24:1-2 : 1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters abroad its inhabitants. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
• Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
• Ezek 14:10 : 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks unto him;
• Ezek 24:21 : 21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the delight your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.
• Hos 4:4-5 : 4 Yet let no one strive, nor reprove another, for your people are like those who contend with the priest. 5 Therefore you shall fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother.
• Amos 5:22 : 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
• Zech 12:7 : 7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
• Mal 2:10 : 10 Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
• Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Rev 19:20 : 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.