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Malachi 1:1

NETBible	What follows is divine revelation.¹ The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:²
NIV © biblegateway Mal 1:1	An oracle: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
NASB © biblegateway Mal 1:1	The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
NLT © biblegateway Mal 1:1	This is the message that the LORD gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi.
MSG © biblegateway Mal 1:1	A Message. GOD's Word to Israel through Malachi:
BBE © SABDAweb Mal 1:1	The word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mal 1:1	An oracle. The word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
NKJV © biblegateway Mal 1:1	The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
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KJV	The burden <04853> of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to Israel <03478> by <03027> Malachi <04401>_. {by...: Heb. by the hand of}
NASB © biblegateway Mal 1:1	The oracle <04853> of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to Israel <03478> through <03027> Malachi <04401> .
LXXM	lhmma {N-NSN} logou <3056> N-GSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM epi <1909> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM israhl <2474> N-PRI en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF aggelou <32> N-GSM autou <846> D-GSM yesye <5087> V-AMD-2P dh <1161> PRT epi <1909> PREP tav <3588> T-APF kardiav <2588> N-APF umwn <4771> P-GP
NET [draft] ITL	What follows is divine revelation <04853> . The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came to <0413> Israel <03478> through <03027> Malachi <04401> :
HEBREW	ykalm <04401> dyb <03027> larvy <03478> la <0413> hwhy <03068> rbd <01697> avm (1:1) <04853>

NETBible

What follows is divine revelation.¹ The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “The burden.” The Hebrew term III מַשָּׂא (massa’), usually translated “oracle” or “utterance” (BDB 672 s.v. מַשָּׂא), is a technical term in prophetic literature introducing a message from the Lord (see Zech 9:1; 12:1). Since it derives from a verb meaning “to carry,” its original nuance was that of a burdensome message, that is, one with ominous content. The grammatical structure here suggests that the term stands alone (so NAB, NRSV) and is not to be joined with what follows, “the burden [or “revelation”] of” (so KJV, NASB, ESV).

²tn Heb “The word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of Malachi.” There is some question as to whether מַלְאָכִי (mal’akhi) should be understood as a personal name (so almost all English versions) or as simply “my messenger” (the literal meaning of the Hebrew). Despite the fact that the word should be understood in the latter sense in 3:1 (where, however, it refers to a different person), to understand it that way here would result in the book being of anonymous authorship, a situation anomalous among all the prophetic literature of the OT.