Zechariah 5:11

What does Zechariah 5:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Zechariah 5:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.

Context

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

v.11This passage

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Jeremiah 29:28

    forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

  • Genesis 10:10

    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

  • Deuteronomy 28:59

    then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

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