Malachi 3:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

Young's Literal Translation
And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he [is] as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

King James Bible
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:

Hebrew
But who
וּמִ֤י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can endure
מְכַלְכֵּל֙ (mə·ḵal·kêl)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain

the day
י֣וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of His coming?
בּוֹא֔וֹ (bō·w·’ōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

And who
וּמִ֥י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can stand
הָעֹמֵ֖ד (hā·‘ō·mêḏ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

when He appears?
בְּהֵרָֽאוֹת֑וֹ (bə·hê·rā·’ō·w·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He
הוּא֙ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be like a refiner’s
מְצָרֵ֔ף (mə·ṣā·rêp̄)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test

fire,
כְּאֵ֣שׁ (kə·’êš)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

[like] a launderer's
מְכַבְּסִֽים׃ (mə·ḵab·bə·sîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3526: To trample, to wash

soap.
וּכְבֹרִ֖ית (ū·ḵə·ḇō·rîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1287: Lye, alkali, potash, soap

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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