Malachi 1:6
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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?“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?’
In other translations
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?“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?’
Hebrew words
בֵּןbena sonH1121יְכַבֵּדyekhabedhe honorsH3513אָב'ava fatherH1וְעֶבֶדve'evedand a servantH5650אֲדֹנָיו'adonavmaster<s> hisH113וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518אָב'av[am] a fatherH1אָנִי'aniIH589אַיֵּה'aiyehwhere?H346כְבוֹדִיkhevodi[is] honor myH3519וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518אֲדוֹנִים'adonim[am] a master<s>H113אָנִי'aniIH589אַיֵּה'aiyehwhere?H346מוֹרָאִיmora'i[is] fear myH4172אָמַר׀'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635לָכֶםlakhemto youהַכֹּהֲנִיםhakohanimO priestsH3548בּוֹזֵיbozei[who] despiseH959שְׁמִיshemi<of> name myH8034וַאֲמַרְתֶּםva'amartemand you sayH559בַּמֶּהbameh<in> how?H4100בָזִינוּvazinuhave we despisedH959אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שְׁמֶךָ׃shemekhaname yourH8034
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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