Malachi 1:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Is not Esau Jacob`s brother? -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I love Jacob, and Esau I have hated, And I make his mountains a desolation, And his inheritance for dragons of a wilderness.

English ASV

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.

English Amplified

But [in comparison with the degree of love I have for Jacob] I have hated Esau [Edom] and have laid waste his mountains, and his heritage I have given to the jackals of the wilderness. [Rom. 9:13, 16.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But [in comparison with the degree of love I have for Jacob] I have hated Esau [Edom] and have laid waste his mountains, and his heritage I have given to the jackals of the wilderness. [Rom. 9:13, 16.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals. ”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and I hated Esau; and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.

English EASY 2024

But I have not loved Esau and his descendants. Instead, I have caused trouble for Esau. I caused Esau's mountains to become a wilderness. Nobody uses that land any longer. Now there are only jackals in the land that belongs to Esau.’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

And I did not accept Esau. I destroyed his hill country. His country was destroyed, and now only wild dogs live there."

but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

and have hated Esau and his descendants. I have devastated Esau's hill country and abandoned the land to jackals.”

English God's Word - GW 1995

but Esau I hated. I turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the jackals in the desert.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and [gave] his inheritance to the desert jackals."

English KJV 1611

And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

English LSB

but I have hated Esau, and I have set his mountains to be a desolation and his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a desolation and left his inheritance for the jackals of the desert.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, but hated Esau; I made his mountains a waste, his heritage a desert for jackals.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

instead of Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a dry and empty land. I left that land of Edom to the wild dogs in the desert."

English NIV

but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."

English NKJ 1982

But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.”

English NLT

and I rejected Esau and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals."

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

but I have hated Esau; I have made his hill country a desolation and his heritage a desert for jackals.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

more than Esau and his descendants, whom I rejected. And I have turned the hill country of Esau into a barren wasteland and left his land to the desert jackals.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

but I have hated Esau; I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I even rejected his very own brother, Esau, and destroyed Esau's mountains and inheritance, to give it to the jackals of the desert.

English Tyndale 1537

and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons.

Malachi 1:3 — Compare Translations