Malachi 4:3
Good News Translation
On the day when I act, you will overcome the wicked, and they will be like dust under your feet.

New Revised Standard Version
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the LORD of hosts.

Contemporary English Version
When I come to bring justice, you will trample those who are evil, as though they were ashes under your feet. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

New American Bible
and tread down the wicked; They will become dust under the soles of your feet, on the day when I take action, says the LORD of hosts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

tread down.

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Joshua 10:24,25 And when they were brought out to him, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go, and set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them, . . .

2 Samuel 22:43 I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.

Job 40:12 Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

Isaiah 25:10 For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.

Isaiah 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

Isaiah 63:3-6 I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel. . . .

Daniel 7:18,27 But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever. . . .

Micah 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

Micah 7:10 And my enemy shall behold, and she shall be covered with shame, who saith to me: Where is the Lord thy God? my eyes shall look down upon her: now shall she be trodden under foot as the mire of the streets.

Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading under foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be confounded.

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 14:20 And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the press, up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Context
The Great Day of the LORD
2But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd. 3And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.4Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.…
Cross References
Joshua 10:24
And when they were brought out to him, he called all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the army that were with him: Go, and set your feet on the necks of these kings. And when they had gone, and put their feet upon the necks of them lying under them,

2 Samuel 22:39
I will consume them and break them in pieces, so that they shall not rise: they shall fall under my feet.

Job 40:12
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

Psalm 49:14
They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

Isaiah 26:6
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

Lamentations 1:15
Samech. The Lord hath taken away all my mighty men out of the midst of me: he hath called against me the time, to destroy my chosen men: the Lord hath trodden the winepress for the virgin daughter of Juda.

Ezekiel 28:18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee.

Micah 5:8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

Malachi 3:17
And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.

Malachi 4:2
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