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Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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ASV

But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

KJV

But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּמִ֤יu.Miand who?H4310 →
מְכַלְכֵּל֙me.khal.Kel[will] endureH3557 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
י֣וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
בּוֹא֔וֹbo.'Ocoming heH935 →
וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?H4310 →
הָעֹמֵ֖דha.'o.Med[is] the [one who will] standH5975 →
בְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹbe.he.ra.'o.Towhen appears heH7200 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הוּא֙hu'heH1931 →
כְּאֵ֣שׁke.'Esh[is] like [the] fire ofH784 →
מְצָרֵ֔ףme.tza.Refa refinerH6884 →
וּכְבֹרִ֖יתu.khe.vo.Ritand like [the] soap ofH1287 →
מְכַבְּסִֽים׃me.kha.be.SimwashersH3526 →

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Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”Ephesians 6:13Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.1 Corinthians 3:13–15his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.Revelation 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.1 Peter 2:7–8To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”1 John 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.Luke 3:17His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”Joel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?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 left to them.”Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.Hebrews 10:28–29Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.John 6:42–44They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”Luke 3:9The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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