Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Malachi 1:6 in other translations
| BSB | “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ |
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| WEB | “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ |
| ASV | A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? |
| YLT | A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: ‘In what have we despised Thy name?' |
| DARBY | A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? |
| BBE | A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name? |
| Webster | A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name? |
What does Malachi 1:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Malachi 1:6-14
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Malachi 1:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Malachi 1:6
- Luke 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
- Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- John 13:13-17
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. …
- Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- 1 Peter 2:17-19
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
- 1 Peter 1:17
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
- Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Malachi 3:13-14
Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
- Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
- Titus 2:9-10
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 20:12; Le 19:3; De 5:16; Pr 30:11,17; Mt 15:4,6; 19:19; Mr 7:10
Mr 10:19; Lu 18:20; Eph 6:2
a servant.
1Ti 6:1,2; Tit 2:9,10; 1Pe 2:17-19
if then.From this verse to ch. 2:9, the prophet reproves the priests and people for sacrificing the refuse of beasts; and denounces punishment against the former for not teaching the people their duty in this respect.
Ex 4:22,23; Isa 1:2; 64:8; Jer 31:9; Mt 6:9,14,15; Lu 6:36,46
1Pe 1:17
and if.
Mt 7:21; Lu 6:46; Joh 13:13-17
O priests.
2:8; 1Sa 2:28-30; Jer 5:30,31; 23:11; Eze 22:26; Ho 4:6; 5:1
And ye.
2:14-17; 3:7,8,13,14; Jer 2:21,22; Ho 12:8; Lu 10:29
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Context
- Malachi 1:5
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
- Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Malachi 1:7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
Malachi 1:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El hijo honra al padre, y el siervo á su señor: si pues soy yo padre, ¿qué es de mi honra? y si soy señor, ¿qué es de mi temor?, dice Jehová de los ejércitos á vosotros, oh sacerdotes, que menospreciáis mi nombre. Y decís: ¿En qué hemos menospreciado tu nombre? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Un fils honore son père, et un serviteur, son maître. Si donc je suis père, où est mon honneur? et si je suis maître, où est la crainte qui m’est due? dit l’ Éternel des armées, à vous, sacrificateurs, qui méprisez mon nom. Et vous dites: En quoi avons-nous méprisé ton nom? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Sohn soll den Vater ehren, und ein Knecht seinen Herrn. Wenn ich denn Vater bin, wo ist meine Ehre? Und wenn ich Herr bin, wo ist meine Furcht? spricht Jehova der Heerscharen zu euch, ihr Priester, die ihr meinen Namen verachtet und doch sprechet: Womit haben wir deinen Namen verachtet? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filius honorat patrem, et servus dominum suum. Si ergo pater ego sum, ubi est honor meus? et si Dominus ego sum, ubi est timor meus? dicit Dominus exercituum. Ad vos, o sacerdotes, qui despicitis nomen meum, et dixistis: In quo despeximus nomen tuum? |