Malachi 2:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

Young's Literal Translation
Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?

King James Bible
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Hebrew
Do we not
הֲל֨וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

all
לְכֻלָּ֔נוּ (lə·ḵul·lā·nū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

have one
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

Father?
אָ֤ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

Did not
הֲל֛וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

one
אֶֽחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

God
אֵ֥ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

create us?
בְּרָאָ֑נוּ (bə·rā·’ā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

Why then
מַדּ֗וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

do we break faith
נִבְגַּד֙ (niḇ·gaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage

with one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another
בְּאָחִ֔יו (bə·’ā·ḥîw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

so as to profane
לְחַלֵּ֖ל (lə·ḥal·lêl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

the covenant
בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1285: A covenant

of our fathers?
אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1: Father

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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