Zechariah 5:1
What does Zechariah 5:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 5:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, a flying roll.
Context
v.1This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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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