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1 | ESV translation of Malachi 2:16 | Mal 2:16 | T. Drape | 74378 | ||
The English Standard Version translates Malachi 2:16 different than the NASB. It reads: "For the man who hates and divorces, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless." In emailing Crossway Books, the publisher of the ESV, their response was that their translators and the Malachi specialist were all convinced that it had been mistranslated for a very long time, with that "tradition" appearing to start as far back as Jerome in the Vulgate. I am wondering if any of you who know the Hebrew language might have some thoughts on this matter. |
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2 | ESV translation of Malachi 2:16 | Mal 2:16 | Morant61 | 74379 | ||
Greetings T. Drape! My Hebrew is very rusty, so I would hesitate to speak with any kind of authority. However, I can note that Hebrew in particular can be very difficult to translate - with wide ranges of meaning. With that in mind, here is what the footnote from the Net Bible says about this verse: ************************** The verb anc appears to be a third person form, ?he hates,? which makes little sense in the context, unless one emends the following word to a third person verb as well. Then one might translate, ?he [who] hates [his wife] [and] divorces her?is guilty of violence.? A similar translation is advocated by Martin A. Shields, ?Syncretism and Divorce in Malachi 2,10-16,? ZAW 111 (1999): 81-85. However, it is possible that the first person pronoun ykna, ?I,? has accidentally dropped from the text after yK. If one restores the pronoun, the form anc can be taken as a participle and the text translated, ?for I hate.? ************************** I hope this helps some! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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