Malachi 4:5

Malachi 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
• New International Version (NIV)“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.

Context of Malachi 4:5

3You 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. 4“Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6And 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.”

Malachi 4:5 word by word

הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁלֵ֣חַ לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אֵלִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא לִפְנֵ֗י בּ֚וֹא י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• you Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the comingבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• of the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and dreadfulיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Malachi 4:5

• Malachi 3:1“Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming,” Says the Lord of hosts.
• Isaiah 40:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
• Matthew 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
• Matthew 17:10And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
• Matthew 27:47Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!”
• Mark 9:11And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
• Luke 1:17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
• Luke 7:26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
• Luke 9:30And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
• John 1:21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
• Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Joel 2:31The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
• Acts 2:19I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
• Revelation 6:17For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Commentaries on Malachi 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet - This is meant alone of John the Baptist, as we learn from Luke 1:17; (note), in whose spirit and power he came.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Behold I will send (I send, as a future, proximate in the prophet‘s mind) you Elijah the prophet - The Archangel Gabriel interprets this for us, to include the sending of John the Immerser. For he not only says Luke 1:17. that he shall “go before” the Lord “in the spirit and power of Elias,” but describes his mission in the characteristic words of Malachi, “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children:” and those other words also, “and the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 Here is a solemn conclusion, not only of this prophecy, but of the Old Testament. Conscience bids us remember the law. Though we have not prophets, yet, as long as we have Bibles, we may keep up our communion with God. Let others boast in their proud reasoning, and call it enlightening, but let us keep near to that sacred word, through which this Sun of Righteousness shines upon the souls of his people. They must keep up a believing expectation…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The second closing message warns that God’s judgment of the wicked is coming. It also promises rescue and restoration for those who live in a right way. Elijah is a prime example of a prophet who preached repentance, supported by signs and wonders (see Luke 1:17; James 5:17–18). Elijah was a forerunner of the day of the Lord (see Malachi 3:1). The New Testament identifies John the Baptist as the prophet who prepared the way for Jesus the Messiah (see…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. I send you Elijah--as a means towards your "remembering the law" (Mal 4:4). the prophet--emphatical; not "the Tishbite"; for it is in his official, not his personal capacity, that his coming is here predicted. In this sense, John the Baptist was an Elijah in spirit (Lu 1:16, 17), but not the literal Elijah; whence when asked, "Art thou Elias?" (Joh 1:21), He answered, "I am not." "Art thou that prophet?" "No." This implies that John, though knowing…Read the comment

Topics related to Malachi 4:5

• Day
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• Malachi
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In the dictionaries

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• Dreadful
• Malachi
• Wickedly
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Jesus Christ
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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