Verse 6

A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg er far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er herre, hvor er min frykt? sier hærskarenes Herre til dere prester som forakter mitt navn. Men dere spør: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    En sønn ærer sin far og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg er en far, hvor er da min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er da min frykt? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, til dere prester som forakter mitt navn. Og dere sier: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Norsk King James

    En sønn hedrer sin far, og en tjener sin herre; hvis jeg dermed er en far, hvor er min ære? og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er min respekt? sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, O prester, som forakter mitt navn. Og dere spør: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Er jeg da far, hvor er min ære? Er jeg herre, hvor er min respekt? spør Herren, hærskarenes Gud, dere prester som forakter mitt navn. Men dere sier: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Om jeg er far, hvor er da min ære? Og om jeg er herre, hvor er da min frykt, sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, prester, som forakter mitt navn. Men dere spør: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg da er en far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er min frykt? sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, prester, som forakter mitt navn. Og dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg da er far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er herre, hvor er min frykt? Slik sier Herren Hærskarers Herre til dere, prester som forakter mitt navn. Og dere spør: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

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

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg da er en far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er min frykt? sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, prester, som forakter mitt navn. Og dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg da er far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er herre, hvor er min frykt? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, til dere prester som forakter mitt navn. Men dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Malachi.1.6", "source": "בֵּ֛ן יְכַבֵּ֥ד אָ֖ב וְעֶ֣בֶד אֲדֹנָ֑יו וְאִם־אָ֣ב אָ֣נִי אַיֵּ֣ה כְבוֹדִ֡י וְאִם־אֲדוֹנִ֣ים אָנִי֩ אַיֵּ֨ה מוֹרָאִ֜י אָמַ֣ר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת לָכֶם֙ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ בּוֹזֵ֣י שְׁמִ֔י וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם בַּמֶּ֥ה בָזִ֖ינוּ אֶת־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*bēn* *yəḵabbēḏ* *ʾāḇ* *wəʿeḇeḏ* *ʾăḏōnāyw* *wəʾim*-*ʾāḇ* *ʾānî* *ʾayyēh* *ḵəḇôḏî* *wəʾim*-*ʾăḏônîm* *ʾānî* *ʾayyēh* *môrāʾî* *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *ṣəḇāʾôṯ* *lāḵem* *hakkōhănîm* *bôzê* *šəmî* *waʾămartem* *bammeh* *bāzînû* *ʾeṯ*-*šəmeḵā*", "grammar": { "*bēn*": "noun, masculine singular - son", "*yəḵabbēḏ*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he honors", "*ʾāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - father", "*wəʿeḇeḏ*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and servant/slave", "*ʾăḏōnāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his masters/lords", "*wəʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if", "*ʾāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - father", "*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʾayyēh*": "interrogative adverb - where", "*ḵəḇôḏî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my honor", "*wəʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - and if", "*ʾăḏônîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lords/masters", "*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʾayyēh*": "interrogative adverb - where", "*môrāʾî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my fear/reverence", "*ʾāmar*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name", "*ṣəḇāʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - hosts/armies", "*lāḵem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to you", "*hakkōhănîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the priests", "*bôzê*": "participle, Qal masculine plural construct - despisers of", "*šəmî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my name", "*waʾămartem*": "conjunction + verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - and you have said", "*bammeh*": "preposition + interrogative - in what way/how", "*bāzînû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person plural - we have despised", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*šəmeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name" }, "variants": { "*yəḵabbēḏ*": "honors/respects/glorifies", "*ʾăḏōnāyw*": "his masters/his lord/his owner", "*ḵəḇôḏî*": "my honor/my glory/my respect", "*môrāʾî*": "my fear/my reverence/dread of me", "*bôzê*": "despisers of/those who despise/those showing contempt for", "*bammeh*": "in what way/how/wherein" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener ærer sin herre. Hvis jeg er far, hvor er da min ære? Hvis jeg er herre, hvor er da min frykt? Sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, til dere prester som forakter mitt navn. Men dere sier: 'På hvilke måter har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    En Søn skal ære Faderen, og en Tjener sin Herre; dersom jeg da er Fader, hvor er min Ære? og er jeg Herre, hvor er min Frygt? siger den Herre Zebaoth til eder, I Præster! som foragte mit Navn; men I sagde: Hvormed foragte vi dit Navn?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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?

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    En sønn ærer sin far og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg da er en far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er min frykt? sier hærskarenes Herre til dere, prester som forakter mitt navn. Og dere sier: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    "En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg er en far, hvor er da min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er respekten for meg? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, til dere prester, som forakter mitt navn. Dere sier, 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Men hvis jeg er deres far, hvor er da min ære? Og hvis jeg er deres herre, hvor er min respekt? sier Herren over hærskaren til dere, prester, som forakter mitt navn. Men dere sier: 'Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?'

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener sin herre. Hvis jeg er far, hvor er da min ære? Og hvis jeg er herre, hvor er min frykt? sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, prestene som forakter mitt navn. Og dere spør: Hvordan har vi foraktet ditt navn?

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    En sønn ærer sin far, og en tjener frykter sin herre. Hvis jeg da er en far, hvor er min ære? Og hvis jeg er en herre, hvor er frykten for meg? sier Herren over hærskarene til dere, prester, som ikke gir mitt navn verdi. Og dere sier, Hvordan har vi ikke gitt ditt navn verdi?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Shulde not a sonne honoure his father, and a seruaut his master? Yf I be now a father, where is myne honoure? Yf I be the LORDE, where am I feared? sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Now to you prestes, that despise my name. And yf ye saye: wherin haue we despised thy name?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruaunt his maister: If then I be a father, where is myne honour? if I be a maister, where is my feare? Saith the Lorde God of hoastes to you O ye pristes that despise my name, and ye say, Wherein haue we despised thy name?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "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 Yahweh of Hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "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 Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:46 : 46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?
  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
  • 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.
  • Titus 2:9-9 : 9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back; 10 Not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;
  • 1 Pet 2:17-19 : 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Listen to this, O priests; and pay attention, O house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • Matt 19:19 : 19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  • Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.
  • Luke 6:36 : 36 Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother.
  • John 13:13-17 : 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
  • Eph 6:2 : 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise;
  • 1 Tim 6:1-2 : 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke consider their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
  • Mal 2:14-17 : 14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce; for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously. 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
  • Mal 3:7-8 : 7 Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, 'In what way shall we return?'. 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, 'In what way have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
  • Mal 3:13-14 : 13 Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'. 14 You 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?'.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
  • Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 15:4 : 4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.
  • Matt 15:6 : 6 And does not honor his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
  • Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
  • Jer 2:21-22 : 21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me? 22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and take much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 5:30-31 : 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 23:11 : 11 For both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness, says the LORD.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  • Ezek 22:26 : 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
  • Lev 19:3 : 3 You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Sam 2:28-30 : 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? 29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people? 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.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
  • Exod 4:22-23 : 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn. 23 And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.