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Zechariah 5

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1Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.

4I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land

7(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

8And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.

10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

11And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

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Parallel translations · Zechariah 5:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, a flying roll.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Zechariah 5:1.

  • Ezekiel 2:9

    And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

  • Revelation 10:2

    and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth;

  • Jeremiah 36:27

    Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 36:1

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

  • Revelation 10:8

    And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

  • Jeremiah 36:20

    And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

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Zechariah 6

"And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass."