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Malachi 3:16

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

KJV

Tunc locuti sunt timentes Dominum, unusquisque cum proximo suo : et attendit Dominus, et audivit, et scriptus est liber monumenti coram eo timentibus Dominum, et cogitantibus nomen ejus.

Vulgate

Ταῦτα κατελάλησαν οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον, ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· καὶ προσέσχεν Κύριος καὶ εἰσήκουσεν, καὶ ἔγραψεν βιβλίον μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸν κύριον καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

ASV

אָ֧ז נִדְבְּר֛וּ יִרְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ אֶת רֵעֵ֑/הוּ וַ/יַּקְשֵׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ וַ/יִּשְׁמָ֔ע וַ֠/יִּכָּתֵב סֵ֣פֶר זִכָּר֤וֹן לְ/פָנָי/ו֙ לְ/יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּ/לְ/חֹשְׁבֵ֖י שְׁמֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
ה
h
verb · 46×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זִכָּרוֹן֙
zkrvn
noun · 24×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:11 — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • Acts 4:23 — And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
  • Acts 4:23 — And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
  • Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
  • Acts 10:2 — A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
  • Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
  • Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
  • Deut 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
  • Eccl 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
  • Eph 4:29 — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
  • Eph 5:19 — Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
  • Esth 4:5 — Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
  • Esth 6:1 — On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
  • Esth 6:1 — On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
  • Ezek 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done
  • Ezek 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done
  • Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
  • Heb 10:24 — And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
  • Isa 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
  • Isa 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
  • Isa 34:16 — Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
  • Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Isa 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
  • Isa 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
  • Job 19:23 — Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
  • John 1:35 — Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
  • John 1:40 — One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
  • John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
  • Luke 1:50 — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
  • Luke 2:17 — And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
  • Luke 2:38 — And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
  • Luke 17:34 — I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
  • Mal 3:5 — 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
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Matt 12:35 — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
  • Matt 18:19 — Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.