Malachi 3 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Malachi 4

¹“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

KJVFor, behold, the day^H3117 cometh^H935^(H8802), that shall burn^H1197^(H8802) as an oven^H8574; and all the proud^H2086, yea, and all that do^H6213^(H8802) wickedly^H7564, shall be stubble^H7179: and the day^H3117 that cometh^H935^(H8802) shall burn them up^H3857^(H8765), saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, that it shall leave^H5800^(H8799) them neither root^H8328 nor branch^H6057.

² But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.

KJVBut unto you that fear^H3373 my name^H8034 shall the Sun^H8121 of righteousness^H6666 arise^H2224^(H8804) with healing^H4832 in his wings^H3671; and ye shall go forth^H3318^(H8804), and grow up^H6335^(H8804) as calves^H5695 of the stall^H4770.

³ You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd ye shall tread down^H6072^(H8804) the wicked^H7563; for they shall be ashes^H665 under the soles^H3709 of your feet^H7272 in the day^H3117 that I shall do^H6213^(H8802) this, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁴ “Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) ye the law^H8451 of Moses^H4872 my servant^H5650, which I commanded^H6680^(H8765) unto him in Horeb^H2722 for all Israel^H3478, with the statutes^H2706 and judgments^H4941.

⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

KJVBehold, I will send^H7971^(H8802) you Elijah^H452 the prophet^H5030 before^H6440 the coming^H935^(H8800) of the great^H1419 and dreadful^H3372^(H8737) day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068:

⁶ He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

KJVAnd he shall turn^H7725^(H8689) the heart^H3820 of the fathers^H1 to the children^H1121, and the heart^H3820 of the children^H1121 to their fathers^H1, lest I come^H935^(H8799) and smite^H5221^(H8689) the earth^H776 with a curse^H2764.

WEB·Malachi 3

¹“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVBehold, I will send^H7971^(H8802) my messenger^H4397, and he shall prepare^H6437^(H8765) the way^H1870 before^H6440 me: and the Lord^H113, whom ye seek^H1245^(H8764), shall suddenly^H6597 come^H935^(H8799) to his temple^H1964, even the messenger^H4397 of the covenant^H1285, whom ye delight^H2655 in: behold, he shall come^H935^(H8804), saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

² “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;

KJVBut who may abide^H3557^(H8772) the day^H3117 of his coming^H935^(H8800)? and who shall stand^H5975^(H8802) when he appeareth^H7200^(H8736)? for he is like a refiner's^H6884^(H8764) fire^H784, and like fullers^H3526^(H8764)' soap^H1287:

³ and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

KJVAnd he shall sit^H3427^(H8804) as a refiner^H6884^(H8764) and purifier^H2891^(H8764) of silver^H3701: and he shall purify^H2891^(H8765) the sons^H1121 of Levi^H3878, and purge^H2212^(H8765) them as gold^H2091 and silver^H3701, that they may offer^H5066^(H8688) unto the LORD^H3068 an offering^H4503 in righteousness^H6666.

⁴ Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Yahweh as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

KJVThen shall the offering^H4503 of Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 be pleasant^H6149^(H8804) unto the LORD^H3068, as in the days^H3117 of old^H5769, and as in former^H6931 years^H8141.

⁵ I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd I will come near^H7126^(H8804) to you to judgment^H4941; and I will be a swift^H4116^(H8764) witness^H5707 against the sorcerers^H3784^(H8764), and against the adulterers^H5003^(H8764), and against false^H8267 swearers^H7650^(H8737), and against those that oppress^H6231^(H8802) the hireling^H7916 in his wages^H7939, the widow^H490, and the fatherless^H3490, and that turn aside^H5186^(H8688) the stranger^H1616 from his right, and fear^H3372^(H8804) not me, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

⁶ “For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

KJVFor I am the LORD^H3068, I change^H8138^(H8804) not; therefore ye sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 are not consumed^H3615^(H8804).

⁷ From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

KJVEven from the days^H3117 of your fathers^H1 ye are gone away^H5493^(H8804) from mine ordinances^H2706, and have not kept^H8104^(H8804) them. Return^H7725^(H8798) unto me, and I will return^H7725^(H8799) unto you, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635. But ye said^H559^(H8804), Wherein shall we return^H7725^(H8799)?

⁸ Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.

KJVWill a man^H120 rob^H6906^(H8799) God^H430? Yet ye have robbed^H6906^(H8802) me. But ye say^H559^(H8804), Wherein have we robbed^H6906^(H8804) thee? In tithes^H4643 and offerings^H8641.

⁹ You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.

KJVYe are cursed^H779^(H8737) with a curse^H3994: for ye have robbed^H6906^(H8802) me, even this whole nation^H1471.

¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.

KJVBring^H935^(H8685) ye all the tithes^H4643 into the storehouse^H214, that there may be meat^H2964 in mine house^H1004, and prove^H974^(H8798) me now herewith^H2063, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, if I will not open^H6605^(H8799) you the windows^H699 of heaven^H8064, and pour you out^H7324^(H8689) a blessing^H1293, that there shall not be room enough^H1767 to receive it.

¹¹ I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd I will rebuke^H1605^(H8804) the devourer^H398^(H8802) for your sakes, and he shall not destroy^H7843^(H8686) the fruits^H6529 of your ground^H127; neither shall your vine^H1612 cast her fruit^H7921^(H8762) before the time in the field^H7704, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹² “All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.

KJVAnd all nations^H1471 shall call you blessed^H833^(H8765): for ye shall be a delightsome^H2656 land^H776, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹³ “Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’

KJVYour words^H1697 have been stout^H2388^(H8804) against me, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068. Yet ye say^H559^(H8804), What have we spoken^H1696^(H8738) so much against thee?

¹⁴ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

KJVYe have said^H559^(H8804), It is vain^H7723 to serve^H5647^(H8800) God^H430: and what profit^H1215 is it that we have kept^H8104^(H8804) his ordinance^H4931, and that we have walked^H1980^(H8804) mournfully^H6941 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635?

¹⁵ Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

KJVAnd now we call^H833 the proud^H2086 happy^H833^(H8764); yea, they that work^H6213^(H8802) wickedness^H7564 are set up^H1129^(H8738); yea, they that tempt^H974^(H8804) God^H430 are even delivered^H4422^(H8735).

¹⁶ Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.

KJVThen they that feared^H3373 the LORD^H3068 spake often^H1696^(H8738) one^H376 to another^H7453: and the LORD^H3068 hearkened^H7181^(H8686), and heard^H8085^(H8799) it, and a book^H5612 of remembrance^H2146 was written^H3789^(H8735) before^H6440 him for them that feared^H3373 the LORD^H3068, and that thought^H2803^(H8802) upon his name^H8034.

¹⁷ They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

KJVAnd they shall be mine, saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, in that day^H3117 when I make up^H6213^(H8802) my jewels^H5459; and I will spare^H2550^(H8804) them, as a man^H376 spareth^H2550^(H8799) his own son^H1121 that serveth^H5647^(H8802) him.

¹⁸ Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

KJVThen shall ye return^H7725^(H8804), and discern^H7200^(H8804) between the righteous^H6662 and the wicked^H7563, between him that serveth^H5647^(H8802) God^H430 and him that serveth^H5647^(H8804) him not.

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