Post substantially updated Aug-Sept 2026. In Coverdale’s translation of Malachi 2:16, God message to husbands is “If you hate your wife, release her! Let her go free! And give her a clothing for the scorn. Look well to your spirit, and do not despise her.” Malachi 2:16 was identical in the 1535 Coverdale Bible and … Continue reading If a man hates his wife he should set her free from the marriage. That’s what Malachi 2:16 says.