Malachi 3:5

Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data

"And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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קָרַב

qârab

H7126

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

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to you to

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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and I will be a

קַל

qal

H7031

light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)

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עֵד

ʻêd

H5707

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

כָּשַׁף

kâshaph

H3784

properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic

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and

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

μοιχός

moichós

G3432

a (male) paramour; figuratively, apostate

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and

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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English grammatical function word ('swearers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalen...

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and

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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those that

עָשַׁק

ʻâshaq

H6231

to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

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the

שָׂכִיר

sâkîyr

H7916

a man at wages by the day or year

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in his

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

maskôreth

H4909

wages or a reward

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the

אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

H490

a widow; also a desolate place

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and the

יָתוֹם

yâthôwm

H3490

a bereaved person

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and that

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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the

גֵּר

gêr

H1616

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

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from his

יְמָנִי

yᵉmânîy

H3233

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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and

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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not me

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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of

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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Key Terms in This Verse

swearers GRAM

English grammatical function word ('swearers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are r...

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sorcerers H3784

כָּשַׁף kâshaph

properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic

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adulterers G3432

μοιχός moichós

a (male) paramour; figuratively, apostate

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hireling H7916

שָׂכִיר sâkîyr

a man at wages by the day or year

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wages H4909

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת maskôreth

wages or a reward

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swift H7031

קַל qal

light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)

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oppress H6231

עָשַׁק ʻâshaq

to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

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fatherless H3490

יָתוֹם yâthôwm

a bereaved person

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widow H490

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh

a widow; also a desolate place

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false H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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Cross References

Hebrews 13:4 cross-reference

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Deuteronomy 5:11 cross-reference

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

James 5:4 cross-reference

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...

Deuteronomy 27:19 cross-reference

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Malachi 2:14 cross-reference

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Revelation 22:15 cross-reference

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...

Leviticus 20:6 cross-reference

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Jeremiah 29:23 cross-reference

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a ...

Leviticus 20:27 cross-reference

A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 19:13 cross-reference

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Malachi 2:17 cross-reference

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the ...

Proverbs 8:13 cross-reference

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 16:6 cross-reference

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Psalm 98:9 cross-reference

Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Deuteronomy 24:17 cross-reference

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Exodus 18:21 cross-reference

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of ...

Micah 1:2 cross-reference

Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.

Psalm 81:8 cross-reference

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Romans 3:8 cross-reference

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Exodus 1:17 cross-reference

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Psalm 96:13 cross-reference

Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Nehemiah 5:15 cross-reference

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop...

Genesis 42:18 cross-reference

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Leviticus 20:10 cross-reference

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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