Malachi 4:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMalachi 4:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
הִנֵּ֤ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
הַיּוֹם֙
yôwm
H3117
day
בָּ֔א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
בֹּעֵ֖ר
bâʻar
H1197
to burn
כַּתַּנּ֑וּר
tannûwr
H8574
furnace
וְהָי֨וּ
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כָל
kôl
H3605
all
זֵדִ֜ים
zêd
H2086
arrogant
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עֹשֵׂ֤ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
רִשְׁעָה֙
rishʻâh
H7564
wickedness
קַ֔שׁ
qash
H7179
stubble
וְלִהַ֨ט
lâhaṭ
H3857
to burn
אֹתָ֜ם
ʼêth
H853
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הַיּ֣וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַבָּ֗א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אָמַר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
צְבָא֔וֹת
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יַעֲזֹ֥ב
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
לָהֶ֖ם
שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ
sheresh
H8328
root
וְעָנָֽף
ʻânâph
H6057
branch
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World English Bible Public Domain
"For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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King James Version Public Domain
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all of the arrogant and all of the doers of wickedness will be stubble. And the coming day will kindle them,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will not leave to them root or branch.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).