Verse 9

Therefore, I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways but have been partial in the law.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Derfor har jeg gjort dere til skam og ydmykelse for hele folket, fordi dere ikke følger mine veier, men er medvirkende i lovens håndhevelse.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktet og nedverdiget for hele folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har vært partiske i loven.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktfulle og lavere enn alle folk, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har vært partiske i loven.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor har jeg gjort dere foraktet og ydmyket blant hele folket, fordi dere ikke holder mine veier, men gjør forskjell på folk i loven.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktede og ydmykede for hele folket, fordi dere ikke holder mine veier, men favoriserer personer i loven.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktelige og lave for hele folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har opptrådt partisk i loven.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktede og nedsette for alle folkeslag, siden dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men i stedet vært partiske i loven.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktelige og lave for hele folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har opptrådt partisk i loven.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg har også gjort dere foraktet og ringeaktet blant alt folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har gjort forskjell på folk når det gjelder loven.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Malachi.2.9", "source": "וְגַם־אֲנִ֞י נָתַ֧תִּי אֶתְכֶ֛ם נִבְזִ֥ים וּשְׁפָלִ֖ים לְכָל־הָעָ֑ם כְּפִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽינְכֶם֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים אֶת־דְּרָכַ֔י וְנֹשְׂאִ֥ים פָּנִ֖ים בַּתּוֹרָֽה׃", "text": "And-also-I *nātattî* you *nibzîm* and-*šəpālîm* to-all-the-*ʿām* according-to-*pî* *ʾăšer* not-you *šōmərîm* *ʾet*-*dərākay* and-*nōśəʾîm* *pānîm* in-the-*tôrâ*", "grammar": { "*nātattî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I have given/made", "*nibzîm*": "niphal participle masculine plural - despised ones", "*šəpālîm*": "adjective masculine plural - low/base ones", "*ʿām*": "masculine singular noun - people", "*pî*": "masculine singular construct - mouth of", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*šōmərîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - keeping/guarding", "*dərākay*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my ways", "*nōśəʾîm*": "qal participle masculine plural - lifting/carrying", "*pānîm*": "masculine plural noun - faces", "*tôrâ*": "feminine singular noun - law/instruction" }, "variants": { "*nātattî*": "I have given/made/set/put", "*nibzîm*": "despised/contemptible ones", "*šəpālîm*": "low/humble/base ones", "*ʿām*": "people/nation/folk", "*šōmərîm*": "keeping/guarding/observing", "*dərākay*": "my ways/paths/roads", "*nōśəʾîm* *pānîm*": "showing partiality/favoring/having respect of persons", "*tôrâ*": "law/instruction/teaching" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktet og ringeaktet blant hele folket, fordi dere ikke har fulgt mine veier og har vist partiskhet i loven.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor haver jeg ogsaa gjort eder foragtelige og fornedrede for alt Folket, efterdi I ikke bevare mine Veie, men ansee Personer i Loven.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktede og lavt aktet blant alle folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har vist partiskhet i loven.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  «Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktet og ringeaktet blant hele folket, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har vist partiskhet i loven.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor har jeg gjort dere foraktet og lave for hele folket, fordi dere ikke holder mine veier og viser begunstigelse i loven.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor har jeg også gjort dere foraktet og ringeaktet av hele folket, slik dere ikke har holdt mine veier, men har vist favorisering ifølge loven.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og derfor har jeg tatt bort deres ære og gjort dere lave for alle folk, fordi dere ikke har holdt mine veier, og har ikke respektert meg ved å bruke loven.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore wil I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputacion amonge all ye people: because ye haue not kepte my wayes, but bene parciall in the lawe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore haue I also made you despised and vyle before all the people, because you kept not my wayes, but haue ben parciall in the lawe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:17 : 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he said, Listen, O people, every one of you.
• Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
• Jer 28:15-16 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Jer 29:20-22 : 20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'
• Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie. 32 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Ezek 13:12-16 : 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?' 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I will rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.' 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 13:21 : 21 I will also tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Dan 12:2-3 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
• Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
• Mal 2:3 : 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
• Mal 2:8 : 8 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 the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 5:21-22 : 21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever says to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of the council: but whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.
• Matt 5:27-28 : 27 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:' 28 But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Matt 5:33-37 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:' 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No': for whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
• Matt 5:43-44 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;
• Matt 19:17-18 : 17 And he said to him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He said to him, Which ones? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
• Matt 23:16-24 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
• Mark 7:8-9 : 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do. 9 And he said to them, You completely reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death. 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free. 12 And you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 Making the word of God of no effect through your tradition, which you have handed down; and you do many similar things. 14 And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me, every one of you, and understand:
• Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
• Luke 11:42 : 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
• Luke 20:45-47 : 45 Then in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, 46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at feasts; 47 Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: they will receive greater condemnation.
• Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead. 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was intended for life, I found to be leading to death.
• Gal 2:6 : 6 But from those who seemed to be something (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me: God accepts no man's person), for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me: