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Zechariah 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Zechariah 5:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 The angel said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. It is twenty cubits in length and ten cubits in width.”
3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes forth over the entire earth. According to the writing on one side, every thief will be swept away, and according to the writing on the other side, everyone who commits perjury in my name will be banished. 4 I have sent it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who commits perjury in my name. It will lodge inside such a house and consume it, both timber and stones.”
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Zechariah 5:2-4
New King James Version
Zechariah 5:2-4
New King James Version
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 (A)curse 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 (B)thief
And the house of (C)the one who swears falsely by My name.
It shall remain in the midst of his house
And consume (D)it, with its timber and stones.”
Zechariah 5:2-4
English Standard Version
Zechariah 5:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying (A)scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”[a] 3 Then he said to me, “This is (B)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who (C)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who (D)swears falsely[b] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of (E)him who swears falsely by my name. And (F)it shall remain in his house and (G)consume it, both timber and stones.”
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- Zechariah 5:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Zechariah 5:3 Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
Zechariah 5:2-4
New International Version
2 He asked me, “What do you see?”(A)
I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]”
3 And he said to me, “This is the curse(B) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(C) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(D) will be banished. 4 The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(E) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(F)’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 5:2 That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide
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