Zechariah 5:6

What does Zechariah 5:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Zechariah 5:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I say, `What <FI>is<Fi> it?' And he saith, `This--the ephah that is coming forth.' And he saith, `This <FI>is<Fi> their aspect in all the land.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.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.

v.6This passage

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

Cross references

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

  • Amos 8:5

    saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

  • Ezekiel 44:10

    But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

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