Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” New Living Translation His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.” English Standard Version And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” Berean Standard Bible And 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.” King James Bible And 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. New King James Version And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” New American Standard Bible He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with complete destruction.” NASB 1995 “He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” NASB 1977 “And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse.” Legacy Standard Bible And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land, devoting it to destruction.” Amplified Bible He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].” Christian Standard Bible And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Holman Christian Standard Bible And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” American Standard Version And 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. Contemporary English Version He will lead children and parents to love each other more, so that when I come, I won't bring destruction to the land. English Revised Version And 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will change parents' attitudes toward their children and children's attitudes toward their parents. If not, I will come and reclaim my land by destroying you." Good News Translation He will bring fathers and children together again; otherwise I would have to come and destroy your country." International Standard Version and he will turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I'll come, strike the land, and utterly destroy it." Majority Standard Bible And 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.” NET Bible He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment." New Heart English Bible He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. Webster's Bible Translation And 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. World English Bible He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he has turned back the heart of fathers to sons, "" And the heart of sons to their fathers, "" Before I come and have utterly struck the land!” Young's Literal Translation And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land! Smith's Literal Translation And he turned back the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to the fathers, lest I shall come and strike the earth with utter destruction. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema. Catholic Public Domain Version And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with anathema. New American Bible He will turn the heart of fathers to their sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the land with utter destruction. New Revised Standard Version He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers before I come and smite the earth to ruin. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For he shall turn the heart of fathers against the children and the heart of the children against their fathers, before I will come and I will strike the Earth with destruction. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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 land with utter destruction. Brenton Septuagint Translation who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbour, lest I come and smite the earth grievously. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Great Day of the LORD…5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 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.” Cross References Luke 1:17 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 11:14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. Matthew 17:11-13 Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things. / But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” / Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist. Mark 9:11-13 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” / He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected? / But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.” Luke 1:16 Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. / Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. / And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Joel 2:28-32 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. / I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ... Jeremiah 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. Ezekiel 37:23-24 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. / My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, / to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. Jeremiah 3:22 “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God. Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days. Treasury of Scripture And 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. turn. Luke 1:16,17,76 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God… lest. Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Daniel 9:26,27 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined… Zechariah 11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. and smite. Deuteronomy 29:19-29 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: … Isaiah 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. Isaiah 43:28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. Jump to Previous Children Curse Destruction Earth Fathers Fear Heart Hearts Restore Smite Strike Turn Turned Utter UtterlyJump to Next Children Curse Destruction Earth Fathers Fear Heart Hearts Restore Smite Strike Turn Turned Utter UtterlyMalachi 4 1. God's judgment on the wicked;2. and his blessing on the good. 4. He exhorts to the study of the law; 5. and tells of Elijah's coming and office. He will turn the hearts The phrase "He will turn the hearts" speaks to a divine intervention that brings about a profound transformation in relationships. The Hebrew word for "turn" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which implies a return or restoration. This suggests a movement back to an original state of harmony and love, indicating that God is actively involved in restoring familial relationships. In the broader biblical narrative, this turning of hearts is often associated with repentance and reconciliation, both with God and with one another. 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 Curse.--Better, ban. (Comp. Zechariah 14:11.) As with the conclusion of Isaiah, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes, so here the Jew read in the synagogue the last verse but one over again after the last verse, to avoid concluding with words of ill omen, thus: "Behold I send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of JEHOVAH." #define description=DESC #define abbreviation=ABBR . . . Verse 6. - He shall turn, etc.; i.e., taking the preposition, rendered "to," in the sense of "with," he shall convert one and all, fathers and children, young and old, unto the Lord. Or, in agreement with the versions, he shall bring back the Jews then living to the faith of their ancestors, who rejoiced to see the day of Christ (John 8:56); and then the patriarchs, who for their unbelief had disowned them, shall recognize them as true Israelites, true children of Abraham. Others explain - He shall unite the Jews who are our fathers in the faith to us Christians who are their children (see Luke 1:17, where the angel Gabriel quotes part of the passage, and applies it to John the Baptist). The heart. Here not the seat of the intellectual powers, but of love and confidence, which lead to union and concord. Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse; or, smite the land with the ban. This is an allusion to the ban threatened in the Law, which involved extermination (see Leviticus 27:29; Deuteronomy 13:16, 17; Deuteronomy 20:16, 17). So Elijah shall come and preach repentance, as the Baptist did at Christ's first coming; and unless the Jews listen to him and turn to Christ, they shall be destroyed, shall share in that eternal anathema which shall fall on the ungodly at the day of judgment.
Hebrew And he will turnוְהֵשִׁ֤יב (wə·hê·šîḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again the hearts לֵב־ (lêḇ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre of the fathers אָבוֹת֙ (’ā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1: Father to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against their children, בָּנִ֔ים (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and the hearts וְלֵ֥ב (wə·lêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre of the children בָּנִ֖ים (bā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against their fathers. אֲבוֹתָ֑ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father Otherwise, פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest I will come אָב֕וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and strike וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (wə·hik·kê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5221: To strike the land הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land with a curse.” חֵֽרֶם׃ (ḥê·rem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2764: A net, a doomed object, extermination Links Malachi 4:6 NIVMalachi 4:6 NLT Malachi 4:6 ESV Malachi 4:6 NASB Malachi 4:6 KJV Malachi 4:6 BibleApps.com Malachi 4:6 Biblia Paralela Malachi 4:6 Chinese Bible Malachi 4:6 French Bible Malachi 4:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Malachi 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the (Malachi Mal Ml) |
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