Malachi 2:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁶ For I hate divorce,* says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, *and him who covers his garment with violence!* says the LORD of Armies. *Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ because he hates divorce, says the LORD God of Israel, and he also hates the one covering his garment with violence, says the LORD of heavenly forces. Guard your own life, and don’t cheat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ If you would hold hatred, dismiss her, says the Lord, the God of Israel. But iniquity will cover his garment, says the Lord of hosts. Preserve your spirit, and do not be willing to despise.

Malachi 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband