Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another? New Living Translation Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors? English Standard Version Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Berean Standard Bible Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? King James Bible Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? New King James Version Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers? New American Standard Bible Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? NASB 1995 “Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? NASB 1977 “Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? Legacy Standard Bible “Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? Amplified Bible Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers [with God]? Christian Standard Bible Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? American Standard Version Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Contemporary English Version Don't you know that we all have God as our Father? Didn't the one God create each of us? Then why do you cheat each other by breaking the agreement God made with your ancestors? English Revised Version Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? GOD'S WORD® Translation Don't all of us have the same father? Hasn't the same God created us? Why are we unfaithful to each other? And why do we dishonor the promise given to our ancestors? Good News Translation Don't we all have the same father? Didn't the same God create us all? Then why do we break our promises to one another, and why do we despise the covenant that God made with our ancestors? International Standard Version Do we not have one father? Has not one God created us? Why does each of us act deceitfully, each man against his own brother, to profane the covenant of our ancestors? Majority Standard Bible Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? NET Bible Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors? New Heart English Bible Do we not all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Webster's Bible Translation Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? World English Bible Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHave we not all one Father? Has not our God created us? Why do we deal treacherously, "" Each against his brother, "" To defile the covenant of our fathers? Young's Literal Translation Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers? Smith's Literal Translation Is there not one father to us all? is there not one God creating us? wherefore shall we deal faithlessly each against his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHave we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers? Catholic Public Domain Version Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers? New American Bible Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why, then, do we break faith with each other, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? New Revised Standard Version Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHave we not all one father? Or has not one God created us? Why then do we deal treacherously every man against his brother by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do not we all have one Father, or has not one God created us? Why are we acting treacherously, each man with his brother, and we are profaning the covenant of our fathers? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, Profaning the covenant of our fathers? Brenton Septuagint Translation Have ye not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have ye forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judah's Unfaithfulness10Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? 11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.… Cross References Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Acts 17:26 From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. 1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Job 31:15 Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb? Romans 3:29-30 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, / since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. John 1:12-13 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. Psalm 100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Treasury of Scripture Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? all. 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? Joshua 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. Isaiah 51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. hath. Job 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Isaiah 43:1,7,15 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine… why. Malachi 2:11,14,15 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god… Jeremiah 9:4,5 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders… Micah 7:2-6 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net… by. Malachi 2:8,11 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts… Exodus 34:10-16 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee… Joshua 23:12-16 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: … Jump to Previous Breaking Covenant Create Created Deal Faith Faithless Fathers Hasn't Profane Profaning TreacherouslyJump to Next Breaking Covenant Create Created Deal Faith Faithless Fathers Hasn't Profane Profaning TreacherouslyMalachi 2 1. He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;10. and the people for marrying strange wives; 13. and for putting away their former ones, 17. and for infidelity. Do we not all have one Father? This phrase emphasizes the shared paternity of all people under God, highlighting the unity and equality of humanity. The Hebrew word for "Father" here is "אָב" (av), which not only refers to a biological father but also to a figure of authority and care. In the context of Israel, this underscores the idea that God is the ultimate Father of the nation, having chosen and nurtured them. This concept is foundational in the Old Testament, where God is often depicted as a father to Israel, guiding and disciplining them. The rhetorical question serves to remind the Israelites of their common origin and shared responsibilities as children of God. Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? (10) One father--i.e., not Adam, Abraham, or Jacob (as various commentators have held), but God Himself (Malachi 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:6; Deuteronomy 32:18), who is the spiritual Father of the nation, and in whom they are all brothers and sisters; so that when an Israelite married a heathen woman, or divorced an Israelitish wife, it was an offence against God, a "profaning the covenant of the fathers," and a violation of the fraternal relation. Moreover, "one God created" them for His glory (Isaiah 43:7), for the special purpose of being a witness to His unity. The admission of idolatresses into their families would be fatal to this object. . . . Verses 10-16 - Part II. CONDEMNATION OF PRIESTS AND PEOPLE FOR ALIEN MARRIAGES AND FOR DIVORCES. Verse 10. - Have we not all one Father? In proceeding to his new subject, the violations of the law of marriage, the prophet pursues his habitual method. He starts with a general principle, here assuming an interrogative form, and on it builds his rebuke. The priests were guilty, if not of profane marriages, at any rate of sinful neglect in not warning the people against them. Many take the "one father" to be Abraham (Isaiah 51:2), and it is no objection to this view that he was also the progenitor of Ishmaelites, Edomites, etc., because there was at this time no question about marriage with these nations, but with Canaanites, Moabites, Egyptians, and so on. But the parallelism with the following clause shows that by the Father is meant Almighty God (comp. Malachi 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 63:16). Hath not one God created us? Hath not God taken us as his peculiar people, so as to call us his sons and his firstborn (comp. Exodus 4:22, 23; Deuteronomy 32:18; Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 3:19)? Of course, God created all men; but the Jews alone recognized him as Creator. The prophet's proposition is that all Israelites were spiritual brothers and sisters, equally loved and chosen by God. From this he argues that in sinning against one another, they offended their common Father, and broke the family compact. Deal treacherously. Act faithlessly against one another. He does not yet say in what this treachery consists, but adds, by profaning the covenant of our fathers. He unites himself with them, because he suffered in their sin. They violated the covenant by which God chose them to be his peculiar people and placed himself in mysterious relation to them, on condition that they should keep themselves aloof from the evil nations around them, and avoid all connection with them and their practices. By intermarriages with the heathen, they profaned this covenant. This evil was one which Ezra had done his best to eradicate, using most stringent measures for its suppression (Ezra 9, 10.); Nehemiah, too, contended against those who had contracted these marriages, when he found on his return to Jerusalem many such transgressors (Nehemiah 13:23-28); and now the prophet lifts up his voice in the cause of purity and obedience. The warning against throe mixed unions is found in Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3; Joshua 23:12, 18.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do we notהֲל֨וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no all לְכֻלָּ֔נוּ (lə·ḵul·lā·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every have one אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first Father? אָ֤ב (’āḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1: Father Did not הֲל֛וֹא (hă·lō·w) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one אֶֽחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first God אֵ֥ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty create us? בְּרָאָ֑נוּ (bə·rā·’ā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed Why then מַדּ֗וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘) Interrogative Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason? do we break faith נִבְגַּד֙ (niḇ·gaḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage with one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another בְּאָחִ֔יו (bə·’ā·ḥîw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) so as to profane לְחַלֵּ֖ל (lə·ḥal·lêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play the covenant בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1285: A covenant of our fathers? אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father Links Malachi 2:10 NIVMalachi 2:10 NLT Malachi 2:10 ESV Malachi 2:10 NASB Malachi 2:10 KJV Malachi 2:10 BibleApps.com Malachi 2:10 Biblia Paralela Malachi 2:10 Chinese Bible Malachi 2:10 French Bible Malachi 2:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Malachi 2:10 Don't we all have one father? 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