Zechariah 5:8

Zechariah chapter 5 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

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

v.8This passage

v.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.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16

    forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  • Zechariah 5:7

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

  • Genesis 15:16

    And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

  • Psalms 38:4

    For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

  • Matthew 23:32

    Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

  • Micah 6:11

    Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?