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 · 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.

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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