Zechariah 5 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible

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, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
[2] And 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.
[3] Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
[4] I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
[5] Then 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.
[6] 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.
[7] And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
[8] 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.
[9] Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
[10] Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
[11] 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.

Zechariah 5:3 Or, every one of this people that stealeth, holdeth himself guiltless as it doth
Zechariah 5:7 Or, weighty piece

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zechariah 5 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψα () καὶ () ἦρα () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () μου () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () δρέπανον () πετόμενον. ()
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Τί () σὺ () βλέπεις; () Καὶ () εἶπα () Ἐγὼ () ὁρῶ () δρέπανον () πετόμενον () μῆκος () πήχεων () εἴκοσι () καὶ () πλάτος () πήχεων () δέκα. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Αὕτη () ἡ () ἀρὰ () ἡ () ἐκπορευομένη () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς, () διότι () πᾶς () ὁ () κλέπτης () ἐκ () τούτου () ἕως () θανάτου () ἐκδικηθήσεται, () καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () ἐπίορκος () ἐκ () τούτου () ἕως () θανάτου () ἐκδικηθήσεται· ()
[4] καὶ () ἐξοίσω () αὐτό, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ, () καὶ () εἰσελεύσεται () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () κλέπτου () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () ὀμνύοντος () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου () ἐπὶ () ψεύδει () καὶ () καταλύσει () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () οἴκου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () συντελέσει () αὐτὸν () καὶ () τὰ () ξύλα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () λίθους () αὐτοῦ. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () ὁ () λαλῶν () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Ἀνάβλεψον () τοῖς () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου () καὶ () ἰδὲ () τί () τὸ () ἐκπορευόμενον () τοῦτο. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶπα () Τί () ἐστιν; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Τοῦτο () τὸ () μέτρον () τὸ () ἐκπορευόμενον. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αὕτη () ἡ () ἀδικία () αὐτῶν () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τάλαντον () μολίβου ἐξαιρόμενον, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () μία () γυνὴ () ἐκάθητο () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () μέτρου. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αὕτη () ἐστὶν () ἡ () ἀνομία· () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () αὐτὴν () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () μέτρου () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () τὸν () λίθον () τοῦ () μολίβου εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῆς. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἦρα () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () μου () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () δύο () γυναῖκες () ἐκπορευόμεναι, () καὶ () πνεῦμα () ἐν () ταῖς () πτέρυξιν () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () αὗται () εἶχον () πτέρυγας () ὡς () πτέρυγας () ἔποπος· καὶ () ἀνέλαβον () τὸ () μέτρον () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπα () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄγγελον () τὸν () λαλοῦντα () ἐν () ἐμοί () Ποῦ () αὗται () ἀποφέρουσιν () τὸ () μέτρον; ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Οἰκοδομῆσαι () αὐτῷ () οἰκίαν () ἐν () γῇ () Βαβυλῶνος () καὶ () ἑτοιμάσαι, () καὶ () θήσουσιν () αὐτὸ () ἐκεῖ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ἑτοιμασίαν () αὐτοῦ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.