Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he sat melting and cleansing silver: and he cleansed the sons of Levi, and he purified them as gold and as silver, and they were to Jehovah bringing near the sacrifice in justice.
New American Standard Bible
He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will
King James Version
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Holman Bible
He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver.
International Standard Version
he will sit refining and purifying silver, purifying the descendants of Levi, refining them like gold and silver. Then they'll bring a righteous offering to the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.
American Standard Version
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
Amplified
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi [the priests], and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord [grain] offerings in righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
Darby Translation
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation in righteousness.
King James 2000
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the children of Levi, and he will refine them like gold and like silver, and they will present to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
Modern King James verseion
And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he shall sit trying and purging silver, and shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall fine them as gold and silver. And they shall bring offering unto the LORD of righteousness.
NET Bible
He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.
New Heart English Bible
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings in righteousness.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.
Webster
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
World English Bible
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
Themes
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » The refining process
Art » Primitive » Of the refiner of metals
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Refiners of metals
Arts of the » Refiner of metals
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual promised
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Purifying
Furnace » Use of » For refining silver
God's Promises » Of cleansing » Spiritual promised
Levites » Prophecies concerning
Malachi » Fortells the coming of the messiah
Offerings » Required to be » Offered in righteousness
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Promised
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteousness » Death of seed of » Sacrifices of
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Purifying
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 3:3
Prayers for Malachi 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment At The Lord's Coming
2 And who enduring the day of his coming? and who standing in his being seen? for he is as the fire of the crucible, as the alkali of the fuller. 3 And he sat melting and cleansing silver: and he cleansed the sons of Levi, and he purified them as gold and as silver, and they were to Jehovah bringing near the sacrifice in justice. 4 And the sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem was pleasant to Jehovah, as the days of old and as the former years.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn back my hand upon thee, end I will straiten thy dross according to pureness, and I will remove all thine alloy:
Daniel 12:10
And many shall be separated and become white, and be tried; and the unjust did evil: and all the unjust shall not understand; and the intelligent shall understand.
Psalm 4:5
Sacrifice ye the sacrifices of justice, and trust to Jehovah.
Zechariah 13:9
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
Psalm 50:14
Sacrifice to God thanksgiving, and repay thy vows to the Most High:
Psalm 50:23
He sacrificing praise shall honor me, and he setting the way I will cause him to look upon the salvation of God.
Psalm 66:10
For thou didst try us, O God, thou didst prove us as purifying of silver.
Psalm 69:30-31
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with praise.
Psalm 107:21-22
They shall confess to Jehovah his mercy, and his wonders to the sons of man.
Psalm 116:17
To thee will I sacrifice a sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of Jehovah.
Psalm 141:1-2
Chanting to David. O Jehovah, I called to thee; hasten to me; give ear to my voice in my calling to thee.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold: and Jehovah tries hearts.
Proverbs 25:4
Take ye away the dross from the silver, and a vessel shall come forth for the goldsmith.
Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I purified thee and not with silver; I chose thee in the furnace of affliction.
Isaiah 61:6
And ye shall be called the priests of Jehovah, serving our God; he shall say to you, Ye shall eat the strength of the nations, and ye shall take place in their honor.
Isaiah 66:19-21
And I set a sign among them and I sent those escaping of them to the nations, Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing the bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles far off, that heard not my report, and saw not my glory; and they announced my glory among the nations.
Jeremiah 6:28-30
They are all turning aside, degenerate shoots, going about tale-bearing: brass and iron, they are destroyers all of them.
Jeremiah 33:18-22
And to the priests, the Levites, I will not cut off a man from my face bringing up burnt-offerings, and burning the gift, and doing sacrifice all the days.
Ezekiel 22:18-22
Son of man, the house of Israel became to me for dross: all they brass and alloy, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they were drosses of silver.
Ezekiel 44:15-16
And the priests the Levites, sons of Zadok, who watched the watches of my holy place in the going astray of the sons of Israel from me, they shall draw near to me to serve me, and they stood before me to bring near to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Jehovah:
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words and turn back to Jehovah: say to him, Thou wilt take away all iniquity, and take good: and we will requite the fruits of our lips.
Malachi 1:6-11
A son will honor the father, and the servant his lord; and if I a father, where mine honor? and if I their lord, where my fear? said Jehovah of armies to you, O priests despising my name. And ye said, In what did we despise thy name?
Malachi 2:1-8
And now to you this command, O ye priests.
Luke 3:16
John answered to all, saying, I truly immerse you with water; and he stronger than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to loose his shoes' strings: he shall immerse you with the Holy Spirit and fire:
John 4:23-24
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such worshipping him.
Romans 12:1
I Beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, your reasonable service.
Romans 15:16
For me to be the, workman of Jesus Christ to the nations, offering in sacrifice the good news of God, that the bringing forward of the nations be acceptable, consecrated in the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 5:26-27
That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word,
Philippians 2:17
But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice together with you all.
Philippians 4:18
And I have all, and abound: I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, a smell of sweet odor, a sacrifice acceptable, pleasing to God.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already poured out, and the time of my deliverance has been fixed.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a distinguished people. zealous of good works.
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly for a few days, according as it seemed to them, corrected; but he for profit, in order to partake in his holiness.
Hebrews 13:15-16
By him therefore we should always bring up the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of the lips assenting to his name.
1 Peter 1:7
That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 2:5
And ye yourselves are built, as living stones, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to bring up spiritual sacrifice; acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:
1 Peter 4:12-13
Dearly beloved, be not astonished at the refining of fire in you, being for trial to you, as a strange thing happening to you:
Revelation 1:6
And he made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him the glory and strength for the times of times.
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy gold of me refined by fire, that thou mightest be rich; and white garments, that thou mightest be surrounded, and that the shame of thy nakedness might not be made manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mightest see.
Revelation 5:10
And madest us kings and priests to our God: and we shall reign upon the earth.