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World English Bible
Zechariah 5 (WEBP)
[1] Then again I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.
[2] He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits,° and its width ten cubits.”
[3] Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land, for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.
[4] I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the middle of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”
[5] Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that is appearing.”
[6] I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah° basket that is appearing.” He said moreover, “This is their appearance in all the land—
[7] and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent° was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah° basket.”
[8] He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.
[9] Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there were 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 basket between earth and the sky.
[10] Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
[11] He said to me, “To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.”
Zechariah 5:2 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Zechariah 5:6 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.
Zechariah 5:7a A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
Zechariah 5:7b 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Zechariah 5 (KJVS)
[1] Then I turned H7725 (8799), and lifted up H5375 (8799) mine eyes H5869, and looked H7200 (8799), and behold a flying H5774 (8802) roll H4039.
[2] And he said H559 (8799) unto me, What seest H7200 (8802) thou? And I answered H559 (8799), I see H7200 (8802) a flying H5774 (8802) roll H4039; the length H753 thereof [is] twenty H6242 cubits H520, and the breadth H7341 thereof ten H6235 cubits H520.
[3] Then said H559 (8799) he unto me, This [is] the curse H423 that goeth forth H3318 (8802) over the face H6440 of the whole earth H776: for every one that stealeth H1589 (8802) shall be cut off H5352 (8738) [as] on this side according H3644 to it; and every one that sweareth H7650 (8737) shall be cut off H5352 (8738) [as] on that side according H3644 to it.
[4] I will bring it forth H3318 (8689), saith H5002 (8803) the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635, and it shall enter H935 (8804) into the house H1004 of the thief H1590, and into the house H1004 of him that sweareth H7650 (8737) falsely H8267 by my name H8034: and it shall remain H3885 (8804) in the midst H8432 of his house H1004, and shall consume H3615 (8765) it with the timber H6086 thereof and the stones H68 thereof.
[5] Then the angel H4397 that talked H1696 (8802) with me went forth H3318 (8799), and said H559 (8799) unto me, Lift up H5375 (8798) now thine eyes H5869, and see H7200 (8798) what [is] this that goeth forth H3318 (8802).
[6] And I said H559 (8799), What [is] it? And he said H559 (8799), This [is] an ephah H374 that goeth forth H3318 (8802). He said H559 (8799) moreover, This [is] their resemblance H5869 through all the earth H776.
[7] And, behold, there was lifted up H5375 (8738) a talent H3603 of lead H5777: and this [is] a H259 woman H802 that sitteth H3427 (8802) in the midst H8432 of the ephah H374.
[8] And he said H559 (8799), This [is] wickedness H7564. And he cast H7993 (8686) it into the midst H8432 of the ephah H374; and he cast H7993 (8686) the weight H68 of lead H5777 upon the mouth H6310 thereof.
[9] Then lifted I up H5375 (8799) mine eyes H5869, and looked H7200 (8799), and, behold, there came out H3318 (8802) two H8147 women H802, and the wind H7307 [was] in their wings H3671; for they had H2007 wings H3671 like the wings H3671 of a stork H2624: and they lifted up H5375 (8799) the ephah H374 between the earth H776 and the heaven H8064.
[10] Then said H559 (8799) I to the angel H4397 that talked H1696 (8802) with me, Whither do these bear H3212 (8688) the ephah H374?
[11] And he said H559 (8799) unto me, To build H1129 (8800) it an house H1004 in the land H776 of Shinar H8152: and it shall be established H3559 (8717), and set H3240 (8717) there upon her own base H4369.
Young’s Literal Translation
Zechariah 5 (YLT)
[1] And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.
[2] And he saith unto me, ‘What art thou seeing?’ And I say, ‘I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.’
[3] And he saith unto me, ‘This is the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.
[4] ‘I have brought it out-an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts-and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.’
[5] And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, ‘Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what is this that is coming forth?’
[6] And I say, ‘What is it?’ And he saith, ‘This-the ephah that is coming forth.’ And he saith, ‘This is their aspect in all the land.
[7] And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.’
[8] And he saith, ‘This is the wicked woman.’ And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.
[9] And I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.
[10] And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, ‘Whither are they causing the ephah to go?’
[11] 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.