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 King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Context of Malachi 4:5

3And 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. 4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to 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 terrible day of the LORD: 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.

Malachi 4:5 word by word

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

• sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• comingבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• terribleיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Malachi 4:5

• Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye 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 say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
• Matthew 27:47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elijah.
• Mark 9:11And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
• Luke 1:17And he shall 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 went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
• Luke 9:30And, behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah:
• John 1:21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
• Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
• Joel 2:31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall come.
• Acts 2:19And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
• Revelation 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be 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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In the dictionaries

• Elijah
• 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