Malachi 4:5

What does Malachi 4:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Malachi 4:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.

Context

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

v.5This passage

v.6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 1:17

    And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.

  • John 1:21

    And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Luke 9:30

    And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;

  • Mark 9:11

    And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

  • Malachi 3:1

    Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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