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.”
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ASV
For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
KJV
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, 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.
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Commentary
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | hi.Neh | here! | H2009 → |
| הַיּוֹם֙ | hai.yOm | the day | H3117 → |
| בָּ֔א | Ba' | [is] coming | H935 → |
| בֹּעֵ֖ר | bo.'Er | burning | H1197 → |
| כַּתַּנּ֑וּר | ka.ta.Nur | like <the> furnace | H8574 → |
| וְהָי֨וּ | ve.ha.Yu | and they will be | H1961 → |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| זֵדִ֜ים | ze.Dim | arrogant [people] | H2086 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and every | H3605 → |
| עֹשֵׂ֤ה | 'o.Seh | [one who] does | H6213 → |
| רִשְׁעָה֙ | rish.'Ah | <of> wickedness | H7564 → |
| קַ֔שׁ | Kash | stubble | H7179 → |
| וְלִהַ֨ט | ve.li.Hat | and it will set ablaze | H3857 → |
| אֹתָ֜ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | hai.Yom | the day | H3117 → |
| הַבָּ֗א | ha.Ba' | <the> coming | H935 → |
| אָמַר֙ | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| צְבָא֔וֹת | tze.va.'ot | of hosts | H6635 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יַעֲזֹ֥ב | ya.'a.Zo | it will leave | H5800 → |
| לָהֶ֖ם | la.Hem | for them | |
| שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ | Sho.resh | root | H8328 → |
| וְעָנָֽף׃ | ve.'a.Naf | and branch | H6057 → |
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