Malachi 3:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then they that feared God, saide euery one to his neighbour: and the Lorde considered and hearde, and there was written a booke of remebraunce before him for them that feared the Lorde, and for them that thinke vpon his name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֧ז נִדְבְּר֛וּ יִרְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיַּקְשֵׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ וַיִּשְׁמָ֔ע וַ֠יִּכָּתֵב סֵ֣פֶר זִכָּר֤וֹן לְפָנָיו֙ לְיִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾAz nidberu yirʾe YHWH ʾish et-reʿehu wa-yaqshev YHWH wa-yishmaʿ wa-yikkatev sefer zikkaron le-fanaw le-yirʾe YHWH u-le-ḥosheve shemo.

Grammar Details

• *ʾAz*: adverb - then
• *nidberu*: Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they spoke
• *yirʾe*: adjective, masculine plural construct - fearers of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾish*: noun, masculine singular - each man
• *et*: preposition
• *reʿehu*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his neighbor/companion
• *wa-yaqshev*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave attention
• *wa-yishmaʿ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he heard
• *wa-yikkatev*: waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and was written
• *sefer*: noun, masculine singular construct - book of
• *zikkaron*: noun, masculine singular - remembrance
• *le-fanaw*: preposition + noun, plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him
• *le-yirʾe*: preposition + adjective, masculine plural construct - for those who fear
• *u-le-ḥosheve*: waw conjunction + preposition + Qal participle, masculine plural construct - and for those who esteem
• *shemo*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

• *nidberu*: spoke together/talked with one another/conversed
• *yirʾe*: fearers of/those who revere/those who stand in awe of
• *ʾish et-reʿehu*: each to his neighbor/one to another/each with his companion
• *yaqshev*: gave attention/listened attentively/paid heed
• *yishmaʿ*: heard/listened/heeded
• *yikkatev*: was written/was recorded
• *sefer zikkaron*: book of remembrance/memorial book/record book
• *le-fanaw*: before him/in his presence
• *le-yirʾe*: for those who fear/for those who revere
• *ḥosheve shemo*: those who esteem his name/those who think upon his name/those who value his name

Referenced Verses

• Ps 56:8 : 8 Thou hast numbred my flittinges, thou hast put my teares in thy bottell: are not these thinges noted in thy booke?
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God, and the bookes were opened: and another booke was opened, which is the booke of lyfe, and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes, accordyng to their deedes.
• Deut 6:6-8 : 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day, shalbe in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp. 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes,
• 1 Sam 23:16-18 : 16 And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted his hande in God, 17 And sayd vnto him: Feare not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not finde thee, & thou shalt be king ouer Israel, and I shall be next vnto thee: and that doeth Saul my father knowe. 18 And they made a bond both of them together before the Lorde: And Dauid taried still in the wood, and Ionathan went to his house.
• 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 Afterward when the king sate in his house, & the Lord had geuen him rest round about from all his enemies,
• 1 Kgs 18:3 : 3 And Ahab called Obadia, which was the gouernour of his house: (and Obadia feared God greatly.
• 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp.
• 2 Chr 6:7 : 7 And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel,
• Esth 2:23 : 23 And when inquisition was made, it was founde so, and they were both hanged on tree: and it was written in the Chronicles before the king.
• Esth 4:5-9 : 5 Then called Esther Hathach one of the kinges chamberlaines which stoode before her, and gaue him a commaundement vnto Mardocheus, to know what it was wherefore he did so. 6 So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus, vnto the streete of the citie which was before the kinges gate: 7 And Mardocheus tolde him of al that had come vnto him, & of ye summe of siluer that Haman had promised to waye downe into the kinges treasurie, because of the Iewes if he would destroy them. 8 And he gaue him the copie of the kinges commaundement that was deuised at Susan to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Esther, and to speake to her, and charge her that she should go in vnto the king, & make her prayer and supplication vnto him for her people. 9 And when Hathach came in, he tolde Esther the wordes of Mardocheus. 10 And againe Esther spake vnto Hathach and commauded him to say vnto Mardocheus: 11 All the kinges seruauntes, & the people in the prouinces of the king knowe, that whosoeuer commeth within the courte vnto the king, whether it be man or woman, which is not called, the comaundement is, that the same shall dye, except the king holde out the golden septer vnto him, for then he shall lyue: As for me, I haue not ben called to come in vnto the king now this thirtie dayes. 12 And they certified Mardocheus of Esthers wordes. 13 And Mardocheus bad say againe vnto Esther: Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the kinges house more then all the Iewes. 14 For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, then shall the Iewes haue helpe and deliueraunce out of an other place, and thou and thy fathers house shalbe destroyed: And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for this causes sake? 15 Esther bad them geue Mardocheus this aunswere: 16 Go thou thy way, and gather together all the Iewes that are founde at Susan, and fast ye for me, that ye eate not and drinke not in three dayes neither day nor night, I and my maydens wyll fast likewyse: and so wyll I go in to the king, which thing yet is contrary to the commaundement: and if I perishe, I perishe. 17 So Mardocheus went his way, and did according to al that Esther had commaunded him.
• Esth 6:1 : 1 The same night coulde not the king sleepe, and he commaunded to bring the chronicles and stories: and they were read before the king.
• Job 19:23-25 : 23 O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke, 24 And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue. 25 For I am sure that my redeemer saueth, and he shall rayse vp at the latter day them that lye in the dust.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all: neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes.
• Ps 16:3 : 3 But all my delyght is to do good vnto the saintes that are in the earth: and vnto such as excell in vertue.
• Ps 20:7 : 7 Some put their trust in chariotes, and some in horses: but we wyll remember the name of God our Lorde.
• Ps 33:18 : 18 Beholde, the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym: and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy.
• Ps 34:15 : 15 The eyes of God are ouer the righteous: and his eares are open vnto their prayers.
• Ps 66:16 : 16 O come hither, & hearken: and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde, what he hath done for my soule.
• Ps 73:15-17 : 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children. 16 Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this: but it was to paynefull in myne eyes. 17 Untyll I went vnto the sanctuarie of God: and vnderstood the ende of them.
• Ps 94:19 : 19 In the multitude of my cogitations from the bottome of my heart: thy comfortes dyd recreate my soule.
• Ps 104:33 : 33 I wyll syng vnto God as long as I liue: I will sing psalmes vnto my Lord so long as I shall be.
• Ps 111:10-112:1 : 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer. 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes.
• Ps 119:63 : 63 I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes.
• Ps 139:4 : 4 For there is not a word in my tongue: but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether.
• Ps 147:11 : 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted.
• Isa 26:3 : 3 By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace, because they put their trust in thee.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you, let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt: Who so walketh in darknesse and no lyght shyneth vpon hym, let hym put his trust in the name of the Lorde, and holde hym by his God.
• Isa 65:6 : 6 Beholde, it is written before my face, and shall not be forgotten, but recompenced: I shall rewarde it them into their bosome.
• Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Go through the citie, euen through Hierusalem, & set a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne, and are sory for all the abhominations that be done therin.
• Dan 2:17-18 : 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and shewed the thing to Ananias, Misael, and Azarias, his companions: 18 That they shoulde beseche the God of heauen for grace in this secrete, that Daniel and his felowes, with other such as were wyse in Babylon, perished not.
• Dan 7:10 : 10 There issued foorth a firie streame, and went out from before him: a thousand thousandes ministred vnto him, and ten thousand thousandes stoode before him: the iudgement was set, & the bookes opened.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnesse aryse, and health shalbe vnder his winges: and ye shall go foorth and skippe lyke fatte calues.
• Matt 12:35-37 : 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges. 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment. 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.
• Matt 18:19-20 : 19 Agayne, truely I say vnto you, that if two of you agree in earth, as touching any thyng that they shall aske, it shalbe done for them, of my father, which is in heauen. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the myddes of them.
• Luke 2:38 : 38 And she, commyng at the same instant vpon them, confessed lykewise the Lorde, and spake of hym, to all them that loked for redemptio in Hierusalem.
• Luke 24:14-31 : 14 And they talked together of all these thynges that were done. 15 And it came to passe, that whyle they communed together & reasoned, Iesus him selfe drewe neare, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden, that they shoulde not knowe him. 17 And he sayde vnto them: What maner of communications are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke, and are sad? 18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, aunswered, and sayde to him: Art thou only a straunger in Hierusalem, & hast not knowen the thinges which are come to passe there, in these dayes? 19 He sayde vnto them: what thynges? And they sayde vnto him: Of Iesus of Nazareth, whiche was a prophete, mightie in deede and worde before God and all the people: 20 And howe the hye priestes, and our rulers deliuered him to be condempned to death, and haue crucified him. 21 But we trusted that it had ben he which shoulde haue redeemed Israel: And as touchyng all these thynges, to day is euen the thirde day, that they were done. 22 Yea, and certayne women also of our companie made vs astonied, which came early vnto the sepulchre, 23 And founde not his body, and came, saying that they had seene a vision of angels, which sayde that he was alyue. 24 And certayne of them which were with vs, went to the sepulchre, & founde it euen so as the women had sayde: but hym they sawe not. 25 And he sayde vnto them: O fooles and slowe of heart, to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoken. 26 Ought not Christe to haue suffered these thinges, & to enter into his glory? 27 And he began at Moyses, and all the prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were writen of hym. 28 And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto, and he made as though he would haue gone further. 29 And they constrayned hym, saying: abyde with vs, for it draweth towarde nyght, and the day is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them. 30 And it came to passe, as he sate at meate with them, he toke bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gaue to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knewe him: and he vanished out of their syght.
• John 1:40-47 : 40 One of the two which hearde Iohn speake, & folowed hym, was Andrewe, Simon Peters brother. 41 The same founde his brother Simon first, and sayth vnto hym: We haue founde Messias, which is by interpretation, the annoynted. 42 And brought hym to Iesus. And Iesus behelde hym, and sayde: Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone. 43 The day folowyng, Iesus woulde go into Galilee, & founde Philip, and sayth vnto hym, folowe me. 44 Philip was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrewe and Peter. 45 Philip founde Nathanael, and sayth vnto hym: We haue founde hym, of whom Moyses in the lawe, and the prophetes, dyd write: Iesus of Nazareth, the sonne of Ioseph. 46 And Nathanael sayde vnto hym: Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth? Philip sayth vnto him: come and see. 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile.
• John 12:20-22 : 20 There were certaine Grekes among them, that came to worship at the feast: 21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida, a citie of Galilee, and desired hym, saying: Syr, we woulde fayne see Iesus. 22 Philip came and tolde Andrewe: And agayne, Andrewe & Philip tolde Iesus.
• Acts 1:13 : 13 And when they were come in, they went vp into a parlour, where abode both Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrewe, Philip and Thomas, Barthelmewe and Matthewe, Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Simo Zelotes, and Iudas the brother of Iames.
• Acts 2:1 : 1 And when the day of Pentecost was, they were all with one accorde in one place:
• Acts 4:23-33 : 23 Then assoone as they were let go, they came to their felowes, and shewed all that the hye priestes and elders had sayde vnto them. 24 And when they hearde that, they lyft vp their voyces to God with one accorde, and sayde: Lorde, thou art God, which hast made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, 25 Which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid, hast sayde: Why dyd the Heathen rage, & the people imagine vayne thynges? 26 The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe. 27 And of a trueth, agaynst thy holye chylde Iesus, who thou hast anoynted, both Herode and also Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered them selues together, 28 For to do whatsoeuer thy hande & thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And nowe Lorde, beholde their threatnynges, & graunt vnto thy seruauntes, that with all boldensse they may speake thy worde. 30 So that thou stretch foorth thyne hande, that healyng, and signes, and wonders, be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus. 31 And assoone as they had prayed, the place moued where they were assembled together, and they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and they spake the worde of God boldely. 32 And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither sayde any of them, that ought of ye thynges which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thinges common. 33 And with great power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurrection of the Lorde Iesu: And great grace was with them all.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the Churches rest throughout all Iurie, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, & multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.
• Acts 10:2 : 2 A deuoute man, & one yt feared God, with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God alway.
• Eph 5:19 : 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes:
• 1 Thess 5:11 : 11 Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.
• Heb 3:13 : 13 But exhort ye one another dayly, whyle it is called to day, lest any of you be hardened, through the deceytfulnesse of sinne.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart: 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake.
• Heb 10:24 : 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes,
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not feare thee O Lorde, and glorifie thy name? for thou only art holy: And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee, for thy iudgemetes are made manifest.
• Gen 22:12 : 12 And he sayde: lay not thy hande vpon the chylde, neyther do any thyng vnto hym, for nowe I knowe that thou fearest God, & hast for my sake not spared yea thine onlye sonne.