Malachi 1:8 KJV

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

Thou and Ye

  • thy, thee one person
  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • They are careless in God's institutionsWe may each charge upon ourselves what is here charged upon the priests. Our relation to God, as our Father and Master, strongly obliges us to fear and...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • 1 Samuel 2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
  • Leviticus 22:19–25 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. …
  • Job 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
  • Psalms 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
  • Jeremiah 14:10 Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And if ye offer וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction תַגִּשׁוּן taggišûn נָגַשׁ Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • the blind עִוֵּר ʿiwwēr עִוֵּר Adjective · masculine singular
  • for sacrifice לִזְבֹּחַ lizbōaḥ זָבַח Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • not evil אֵין ʾên Negative רָע rāʿ רַע Adjective · masculine singular
  • and if ye offer תַגִּישׁוּ taggîšû נָגַשׁ Verb · hiphil imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • the lame פִּסֵּחַ pissēaḥ פִּסֵּחַ Adjective · masculine singular
  • and sick וְחֹלֶה wĕḥōlê חָלָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with and
  • not evil אֵין ʾên Negative רָע rāʿ רַע Adjective · masculine singular
  • offer הַקְרִיבֵהוּ haqrîbēhû קָרַב Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • it now unto thy governor וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction נָא nāʾ Exhortation לְפֶחָתֶךָ lĕpeḥātekā פֶּחָה Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • will he be pleased הֲיִּרְצְךָ hăyyirṣĕkā רָצָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with question, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • with thee, or accept אוֹ ʾô Conjunction הֲיִשָּׂא hăyiśśāʾ נָשָׂא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with question
  • thy person פָנֶיךָ pānêkā פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • saith אָמַר ʾāmar אָמַר Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • of hosts צְבָאוֹת ṣĕbāʾwōt צָבָא Noun · masculine or feminine plural

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