Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

New American Standard Bible

Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

King James Version

Behold, 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.

Holman Bible

“See, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to His temple, the Messenger of the covenant you desire—see, He is coming,” says the Lord of Hosts.

International Standard Version

"Watch out! I'm sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly, the LORD you are looking for will come to his Temple. He is the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Watch out! He is coming!" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

A Conservative Version

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.

American Standard Version

Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Amplified

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare and clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold me sending my messenger, and he looked upon the way before my face: and suddenly Jehovah whom ye seek shall come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in: behold him coming, said Jehovah of armies.

King James 2000

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Look! I [am] going to send my messenger, and he will prepare [the] way {before me}. And the Lord whom you [are] seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, [in] whom you [are] taking pleasure--look!--[he is] about to come," says Yahweh of hosts.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I will send My messenger, and He will clear the way before Me. And Jehovah, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Angel of the Covenant, in whom you delight. Behold, He comes, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, I send my messenger which shall prepare the way before me. And suddenly shall the Lord whom ye seek, come unto his temple, and the messenger of the covenant whom ye desire. Behold, he cometh saith the LORD Sabaoth.

NET Bible

"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all.

New Heart English Bible

"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; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes." says the LORD of hosts.

The Emphasized Bible

Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me, - and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.

Webster

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he will come, saith the LORD of hosts.

World English Bible

"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; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Behold, I will send
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

and he shall prepare
פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

me and the Lord
אדן אדון 
'adown 
Usage: 335

פּתאם פּתאום 
Pith'owm 
Usage: 25


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

to his temple
היכל 
heykal 
Usage: 80

מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

of the covenant
בּרית 
B@riyth 
Usage: 284

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 10

in behold, he shall come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

the Lord

Usage: 0

Images Malachi 3:1

Context Readings

Judgment At The Lord's Coming

1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. 2 But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.



Cross References

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.

Luke 1:76

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

John 1:6-7

There was a man sent from God, his name John.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Genesis 48:15-16

And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,

Exodus 23:20

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.

Psalm 110:1

{Psalm of David.} Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.

Haggai 2:7-9

and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Malachi 2:7

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 3:1-3

Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Matthew 11:10-11

this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Matthew 17:10-13

And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

Mark 1:2-3

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

Luke 1:16-17

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Luke 2:11

for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2:21-32

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

Luke 2:38

and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.

Luke 2:46

And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.

Luke 3:3-6

And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

Luke 7:19-20

and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

Luke 7:26-28

But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and what is more excellent than a prophet.

Luke 19:47

And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

John 1:15-23

(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

John 1:33-34

And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with the Holy Spirit.

John 2:14-16

And he found in the temple the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting;

John 3:28-30

Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

Acts 7:38

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

Acts 13:24-25

John having proclaimed before the face of his entry among the people the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 19:4

And Paul said, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

Isaiah 40:3-5

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God!

Hosea 12:3-5

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.

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