Malachi 1:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMalachi 1:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אָהַ֤בְתִּי
ʼâhab
H157
to love
אֶתְכֶם֙
ʼêth
H853
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אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
ʼâmar
H559
to say
בַּמָּ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ
ʼâhab
H157
to love
הֲלוֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
אָ֨ח
ʼâch
H251
brother
עֵשָׂ֤ו
ʻÊsâv
H6215
Esau
לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וָאֹהַ֖ב
ʼâhab
H157
to love
אֶֽת
ʼêth
H853
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יַעֲקֹֽב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"I have loved you," says Yahweh. Yet you say, "How have you loved us?" "Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother?" says Yahweh, "Yet I loved Jacob;
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King James Version Public Domain
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“I have loved you,” says Yahweh. But you say, “In what have you loved us?” “ not Esau a brother to Jacob?” the declaration of Yahweh. “Yet I loved Jacob,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).