Zechariah 5:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 5:1

Vision of the Flying Scroll

1 Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying ^ascroll.

2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” So 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 ^acurse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”

4 “I will send out the curse,” says the Lord of hosts;
“It shall enter the house of the ^athief
And the house of ^bthe one who swears falsely by My name.
It shall remain in the midst of his house
And consume ^cit, with its timber and stones.”

Vision of the Woman in a Basket

5 Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

6 So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a¹ basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth:

7 Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;

8 then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead¹ cover over its mouth.

9 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a ^astork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

10 So I said to the ^aangel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”

11 And he said to me, “To ^abuild a house for it in ^bthe land of Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 5:1

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American Standard Version
Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

Amplified® Bible
AGAIN I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw a scroll flying {or} floating in the air!

Contemporary English Version
When I looked the next time, I saw a flying scroll,

Darby English Version
And I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw, and behold, a flying roll.

Good News Bible
I looked again, and this time I saw a scroll flying through the air.

King James Version
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

New American Standard Bible
Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, {there was} a flying scroll.

New International Version
I looked again—and there before me was a flying scroll!

New King James Version
Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, I saw a flying scroll.

Revised Standard Version
Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!

Young's Literal Translation
And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.

New English Translation
Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!

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