Zechariah 5:6 Parallel Translations

"What is it?" I asked. "A basket is coming," he said. Then he added, "This is what the people's sins look like all over the earth." (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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:

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:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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

JPS:

And I said: 'What is it?' And he said: 'This is the measure that goeth forth.' He said moreover: 'This is their eye in all the land--

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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.

Zechariah 5:6 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 19:36 'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Amos 8:5 saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:6 And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an {e} ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their {f} resemblance through all the earth.
(e) Which was a measure in dry things, containing about five gallons.
(f) That is, all the wickedness of the ungodly is in God's sight, which he keeps in a measure, and can shut it or open it at his pleasure.

WES:

5:6 He - The angel. An ephah - A measure which held about three bushels. Goeth forth - Out of the temple. Their resemblance - This is an emblem of this people everywhere. Thus there is limited time and measure for them, while they sin, and are filling the ephah with their sins, they will find that the ephah of wrath is filled up also, to be poured out upon them.

MHC:

5:5-11 In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon the sinner as a weight of lead, to sink him to the lowest hell. This seems to mean the condemnation of the Jews, after they filled the measure of their iniquities by crucifying Christ and rejecting his gospel. Zechariah sees the ephah, with the woman thus pressed in it, carried away to some far country. This intimates that the Jews should be hurried out of their own land, and forced to dwell in far countries, as they had been in Babylon. There the ephah shall be firmly placed, and their sufferings shall continue far longer than in their late captivity. Blindness is happened unto Israel, and they are settled upon their own unbelief. Let sinners fear to treasure up wrath against the day of wrath; for the more they multiply crimes, the faster the measure fills.

CONC:

Added Appearance Appearing Aspect Basket Ephah Evil-doing Eye Forth Further Goes Iniquity Measure Measuring Moreover Resemblance Throughout

Added Appearance Appearing Aspect Basket Earth Ephah Evil-Doing Eye Forth Further Goes Iniquity Measure Measuring Moreover Resemblance Said Throughout

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