King James Version
Malachi 2:5 in the King James Version says “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid b...” — study this verse from Malachi chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.”
Malachi 2:5 · KJV
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. corrupt: or, reprove spread: Heb. scatter one: or, it shall take you away to it
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
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.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“was with him of life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
“and I gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“me and was afraid”
H2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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