Malachi 4:5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the gr…”

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

World English Bible

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, I will sende you Eliiah the Prophet before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

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Cross references

“I will”

Luke 1:17 Matthew 17:10–13 Mark 9:11–13 Malachi 3:1 Isaiah 40:3 John 1:21

Luke 1:17 · BSB

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Matthew 17:10–13 · BSB

The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Mark 9:11–13 · BSB

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of…

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

John 1:21 · BSB

“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

“great”

Joel 2:31 Malachi 4:1 Revelation 6:17 Acts 2:19 Acts 2:20

Joel 2:31 · BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“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…

Revelation 6:17 · BSB

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Acts 2:19 · BSB

I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

Acts 2:20 · BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Read Malachi 4