God’s Word Translation
Malachi 4:3
3You will trample on wicked people, because on the day I act they will be ashes under the soles of your feet,” says the Lord of Armies.
Malachi 4:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
- New International Version (NIV)Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,” Says the Lord of hosts.
Context of Malachi 4:3
1“Certainly the day is coming! It will burn like a furnace. All arrogant people and all evildoers will be ⌞like⌟ straw. The day that is coming will burn them up completely,” says the Lord of Armies. “It won’t leave a single root or branch. 2“The Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings for you people who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves let out of a stall. You will trample on wicked people, because on the day I act they will be ashes under the soles of your feet,” says the Lord of Armies. 4“Remember the teachings of my servant Moses, the rules and regulations that I gave to him at Horeb for all Israel. 5“I’m going to send you the prophet Elijah before that very terrifying day of the Lord comes.
Read all of Malachi 4Malachi 4:3 word by word
וְעַסּוֹתֶ֣ם רְשָׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־יִהְי֣וּ אֵ֔פֶר תַּ֖חַת כַּפּ֣וֹת רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם בַּיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִ֣י עֹשֶׂ֔ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And ye shall tread downעָסַס‛âsas · to pressH6072
- the wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
- for they shall be ashesאֵ֫פֶר'êpher · ashesH665
- under the solesכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
- of your feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
- in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- that I shall doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
Cross-references for Malachi 4:3
- Genesis 3:15I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
- Joshua 10:24When they brought them to Joshua, he called for all the men of Israel. He told the officers who had gone with him, “Come forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So that’s what they did.
- 2 Samuel 22:43I beat them into a powder as fine as the dust on the ground. I crushed them and stomped on them like the dirt on the streets.
- Job 40:12Look at all who are arrogant, and humble them. Crush wicked people wherever they are.
- Psalms 91:13You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample young lions and snakes.
- Isaiah 25:10The Lord’s power will be on this mountain. Moab will be trampled beneath him like straw that is trampled in a pile of manure.
- Isaiah 26:6Feet trample it, the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.
- Daniel 7:18But the holy people of the Most High will take possession of the kingdom and keep it forever and ever.”
- Micah 5:8The few people left from Jacob will be among the nations, among many people. They will be like a lion among animals in the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep. When a lion hunts, it tramples ⌞its victims⌟ and tears ⌞them⌟ to pieces, and there is no one to rescue them.
- Micah 7:10Then my enemies will see this, and they will be covered with shame, because they asked me, “Where is the Lord your God?” Now I look at them. They are trampled like mud in the streets.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like warriors who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them. They will put to shame those who ride on horses.
- Romans 16:20The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will of our Lord Jesus be with you!
- Revelation 11:15When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”
- Revelation 14:20The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city. Blood flowed out of the winepress as high as a horse’s bridle for 1,600 stadia.
Commentaries on Malachi 4:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ye shall tread down - This may be the commission given to the Romans: Tread down the wicked people, tread down the wicked place; set it on fire, and let the ashes be trodden down under your feet.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And ye shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet. It shall be a great reversal. He that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he, that humbleth himself shall be exalted - Here the wicked often have the pre-eminence. This was the complaint of the murmurers among the Jews; in the morning of the Resurrection Psalm 49:14, “the upright shall have dominion over them.” The wicked, he had said, shall be as stubble, and that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3This message moves away from debate and directly warns people that repentance is the only proper response to the Lord's message because God's judgment is unavoidable.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Solving the difficulty (Mal 3:15) that the wicked often now prosper. Their prosperity and the adversity of the godly shall soon be reversed. Yea, the righteous shall be the army attending Christ in His final destruction of the ungodly (2Sa 22:43; Psa 49:14; 47:3; Mi 7:10; Zec 10:5; 1Co 6:2; Re 2:26, 27; 19:14, 15). ashes--after having been burnt with the fire of judgment (Mal 4:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Malachi 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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