Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - “The lips of a priest should guard knowledge. After all, he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all. And people seek instruction from his mouth.
- 新标点和合本 - 祭司的嘴里当存知识，人也当由他口中寻求律法，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 祭司的嘴唇当守护知识，人也当从他口中寻求训诲，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 祭司的嘴唇当守护知识，人也当从他口中寻求训诲，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- 当代译本 - 祭司的嘴唇应持守知识，民众应从他口中寻求训诲，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- 圣经新译本 - 祭司的嘴当保存知识，人要从他的口中寻求教训，因为他是万军耶和华的使者。
- 中文标准译本 - 祭司的嘴当谨守知识，人当从他口中寻求训诲，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。”
- 现代标点和合本 - 祭司的嘴里当存知识，人也当由他口中寻求律法，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 祭司的嘴里当存知识，人也当由他口中寻求律法，因为他是万军之耶和华的使者。
- New International Version - “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.
- English Standard Version - For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- New Living Translation - “The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- The Message - “It’s the job of priests to teach the truth. People are supposed to look to them for guidance. The priest is the messenger of God-of-the-Angel-Armies. But you priests have abandoned the way of priests. Your teaching has messed up many lives. You have corrupted the covenant of priest Levi. God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so. And so I am showing you up for who you are. Everyone will be disgusted with you and avoid you because you don’t live the way I told you to live, and you don’t teach my revelation truly and impartially.”
- Christian Standard Bible - For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
- New American Standard Bible - For the lips of a priest should maintain knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of armies.
- New King James Version - “For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- Amplified Bible - For the lips of the priest should guard and preserve knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- American Standard Version - For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
- King James Version - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
- New English Translation - For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.
- World English Bible - For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
- 新標點和合本 - 祭司的嘴裏當存知識，人也當由他口中尋求律法，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 祭司的嘴唇當守護知識，人也當從他口中尋求訓誨，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 祭司的嘴唇當守護知識，人也當從他口中尋求訓誨，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。
- 當代譯本 - 祭司的嘴唇應持守知識，民眾應從他口中尋求訓誨，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。
- 聖經新譯本 - 祭司的嘴當保存知識，人要從他的口中尋求教訓，因為他是萬軍耶和華的使者。
- 呂振中譯本 - 因為祭司嘴裏應當保存着知識，人也應該從他口中尋求禮節規矩，因為他是萬軍之永恆主的使者。
- 中文標準譯本 - 祭司的嘴當謹守知識，人當從他口中尋求訓誨，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。」
- 現代標點和合本 - 祭司的嘴裡當存知識，人也當由他口中尋求律法，因為他是萬軍之耶和華的使者。
- 文理和合譯本 - 祭司之脣、宜存智識、人當求法律於其口、以其為萬軍耶和華之使也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 維彼祭司、宜有智慧、既為萬有之主耶和華所遣、人當就彼、諮諏法度、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 知識宜在祭司之口、 原文作祭司之唇當守知識 既為萬有之主之使者、人當由其口求律法、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Los labios de un sacerdote atesoran sabiduría, y de su boca los hombres buscan instrucción, porque es mensajero del Señor Todopoderoso.
- 현대인의 성경 - “제사장의 입술은 참된 지식을 간직해야 하고 사람들은 그 입에서 교훈을 얻어야 한다. 제사장은 전능한 나 여호와의 사자이기 때문이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Язык священника хранит знание, и в его речах люди ищут наставления, ведь священник – посланец Господа Сил.
- Восточный перевод - Священнослужители, ваша обязанность – учить людей знанию Всевышнего, и от вас люди должны получать наставление, ведь священнослужитель – посланец Вечного, Повелителя Сил.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Священнослужители, ваша обязанность – учить людей знанию Аллаха, и от вас люди должны получать наставление, ведь священнослужитель – посланец Вечного, Повелителя Сил.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Священнослужители, ваша обязанность – учить людей знанию Всевышнего, и от вас люди должны получать наставление, ведь священнослужитель – посланец Вечного, Повелителя Сил.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car le prêtre doit s’attacher à la connaissance, c’est vers lui que l’on vient pour recevoir l’enseignement. Il est un messager du Seigneur des armées célestes.
- リビングバイブル - 祭司のくちびるは、人々が律法を学べるように、 神の知識であふれているべきだ。 祭司は全能の主の使者であり、 人々は導きを求めて祭司のもとへ来るからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Porque os lábios do sacerdote devem guardar o conhecimento, e da sua boca todos esperam a instrução na Lei, porque ele é o mensageiro do Senhor dos Exércitos.
- Hoffnung für alle - Und das ist ja der Auftrag der Priester: Sie sollen den Menschen zeigen, wie man mich, den Herrn, erkennt. Wenn jemand einen Rat braucht, soll er bei ihnen Rat finden, denn ich, der allmächtige Gott, habe sie zu meinen Boten ernannt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Môi thầy tế lễ phải nói lời tri thức của Đức Chúa Trời vì người là sứ giả của Chúa Hằng Hữu Vạn Quân; người ta phải học hỏi pháp luật nơi người.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “วาจาของปุโรหิตควรสงวนความรู้ไว้ และผู้คนพึงแสวงหาคำสั่งสอนจากปุโรหิต เพราะเขาคือทูตของพระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะปากของปุโรหิตควรเป็นที่เก็บรักษาความรู้ และประชาชนควรแสวงหาการสั่งสอนจากปากของเขา เพราะเขาเป็นผู้ส่งข่าวของพระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธา
Cross Reference
- Malachi 3:1 - The Lord who rules over all says, “I will send my messenger. He will prepare my way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant will come. He is the one you long for.”
- Galatians 4:14 - And my sickness was hard on you. But you weren’t mean to me. You didn’t make fun of me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God. You welcomed me as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
- John 20:21 - Again Jesus said, “May peace be with you! The Father has sent me. So now I am sending you.”
- Isaiah 44:26 - I make the words of my servants the prophets come true. I carry out what my messengers say will happen. “I say about Jerusalem, ‘My people will live there again.’ I say about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt.’ I say about their broken-down buildings, ‘I will make them like new again.’
- Haggai 2:11 - The Lord who rules over all speaks. He says, “Ask the priests what the law says.
- Haggai 2:12 - Suppose someone carries holy meat in the clothes they are wearing. And the clothes touch some bread or stew. Or they touch some wine, olive oil or other food. Then do these things also become holy?” The priests answered, “No.”
- Haggai 2:13 - So Haggai said, “Suppose someone is made ‘unclean’ by touching a dead body. And then they touch one of these things. Does it become ‘unclean’ too?” “Yes,” the priests replied. “It does.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 - So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!
- Acts 16:17 - She followed Paul and the rest of us around. She shouted, “These men serve the Most High God. They are telling you how to be saved.”
- Deuteronomy 24:8 - What about skin diseases? Be very careful to do exactly what the priests, who are Levites, tell you to do. You must be careful to obey the commands I’ve given them.
- Numbers 27:21 - Joshua will stand in front of Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will help him make decisions. Eleazar will get help from me by using the Urim. Joshua and the whole community of Israel must not make any move at all unless I command them to.”
- Nehemiah 8:2 - Ezra the priest brought the Law out to the whole community. It was the first day of the seventh month. The group was made up of men, women, and children old enough to understand what Ezra was going to read.
- Nehemiah 8:3 - He read the Law to them from sunrise until noon. He did it as he faced the open area in front of the Water Gate. He read it to the men, the women, and the children old enough to understand. And all the people paid careful attention as Ezra was reading the Book of the Law.
- Nehemiah 8:4 - Ezra, the teacher of the Law, stood on a high wooden stage. It had been built for the occasion. Mattithiah, Shema and Anaiah stood at his right side. So did Uriah, Hilkiah and Maaseiah. Pedaiah, Mishael and Malkijah stood at his left side. So did Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 8:5 - Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him. That’s because he was standing above them. As he opened the book, the people stood up.
- Nehemiah 8:6 - Ezra praised the Lord. He is the great God. All the people lifted up their hands and said, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down. They turned their faces toward the ground and worshiped the Lord.
- Nehemiah 8:7 - The Levites taught the Law to the people. They remained standing while the Levites taught them. The Levites who were there included Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai and Hodiah. They also included Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah.
- Nehemiah 8:8 - All these Levites read to the people parts of the Book of the Law of God. They made it clear to them. They told them what it meant. So the people understood what was being read.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 - Hezekiah spoke words that gave hope to all the Levites. They understood how to serve the Lord well. For the seven days of the feast they ate the share given to them. They also sacrificed friendship offerings. They praised the Lord, the God of their people.
- Isaiah 42:19 - The people of Israel serve me. But who is more blind than they are? Who is more deaf than the messengers I send? Who is more blind than the one who has promised to be faithful to me? Who is more blind than the servant of the Lord?
- Ezra 7:10 - Ezra had committed himself to study and obey the Law of the Lord. He also wanted to teach the Lord’s rules and laws in Israel.
- John 13:20 - What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who accepts someone I send accepts me. And anyone who accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
- 2 Chronicles 17:8 - Some Levites were with them. Their names were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah. Elishama and Jehoram, the priests, were also with them.
- 2 Chronicles 17:9 - They taught people all through Judah. They took the Book of the Law of the Lord with them. They went around to all the towns of Judah. And they taught the people.
- Jeremiah 15:19 - So the Lord says to Jeremiah, “If you turn away from your sins, I will heal you. And then you will be able to serve me. Speak words that are worthy, not worthless. Then you will be speaking for me. Let these people turn to you. But you must not turn to them.
- Deuteronomy 21:5 - The priests, who are sons of Levi, will step forward. The Lord your God has chosen them to serve him. He wants them to bless the people in his name. He wants them to decide all cases that have to do with people arguing and attacking others.
- Deuteronomy 17:8 - People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose.
- Deuteronomy 17:9 - Go to a priest, who is a Levite. And go to the judge who is in office at that time. Ask them for their decision. They will give it to you.
- Deuteronomy 17:10 - They’ll hand down their decisions at the place the Lord will choose. You must do what they decide. Be careful to do everything they tell you to do.
- Deuteronomy 17:11 - Act according to whatever they teach you. Accept the decisions they give you. Don’t turn away from what they tell you. Don’t turn to the right or the left.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 - Suppose someone refuses to accept our teaching. They are not turning their back on us. They are turning their back on God. This same God gives you his Holy Spirit.
- 2 Timothy 2:24 - Anyone who serves the Lord must not be hard to get along with. Instead, they must be kind to everyone. They must be able to teach. The one who serves must not hold anything against anyone.
- 2 Timothy 2:25 - They must gently teach those who are against them. Maybe God will give a change of heart to those who are against you. That will lead them to know the truth.
- Haggai 1:13 - Haggai was the Lord’s messenger. So Haggai gave the Lord’s message to the people. He told them, “The Lord announces, ‘I am with you.’ ”
- Jeremiah 18:18 - They said, “Come on. Let’s make plans against Jeremiah. We’ll still have priests to teach us the law. We’ll always have wise people to give us advice. We’ll have prophets to bring us messages from the Lord. So come on. Let’s speak out against Jeremiah. We shouldn’t pay any attention to what he says.”
- Leviticus 10:11 - Then you will be able to teach the Israelites all the rules I have given them through Moses.”