The Day of the LORD
Malachi 4:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.Or dreadful; LXX glorious
- KJV
- ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
- WEB
- Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- ASV
- Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
- LSV
- Behold, I am sending Elijah the prophet to you, || Before the coming of the great and fearful Day of YHWH.
- YLT
- Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
- DBY
- Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.
- DRC
- Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
- GNV
- Beholde, I will sende you Eliiah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lord.
- JPS3:23
- Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD.
- LXXE3:22
- And, behold, I will send to you Elias the Thesbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes;
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Original-language editions
- WLC3:23
- הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁלֵ֣חַ לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אֵלִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא לִפְנֵ֗י בּ֚וֹא י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃KJV:Mal.4.5
- LXX-Br3:22
- Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστελῶ ὑμῖν Ἠλίαν τὸν Θεσβίτην, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
- Matthew 17:10–13The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not…
- Mark 9:11–13And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and…
- Matthew 11:13–14For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
- Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD…
- Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- John 1:21“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be…
- Matthew 27:47–49When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.” One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink. But the…
- Luke 7:26–28What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ I…
- Revelation 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
- John 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
- Luke 9:30Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.
- Acts 2:19–20I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 3:23 in some Bibles
- 4:5 in most Bibles
- Content check: text matches KJV Mal.4.5 (word overlap 0.50), not Mal.4.6 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Mal.4.6 (TVTMS action was 'Renumber verse').
- Content check: text matches KJV Mal.4.5 (word overlap 0.50), not Mal.4.6 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Mal.4.6 (TVTMS action was 'Renumber verse'). (transferred from brenton)