Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Zechariah 5:2

1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

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.

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying roll: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
BLB
And he said to me, “What [are] you seeing?” And I answered, “I am seeing a flying scroll. Its length [is] twenty by the cubit, and its width [is] ten by the cubit.”
ÅB
Og han sa til meg: Hva ser du? Jeg svarte: Jeg ser en flyvende bokrull, som er tyve alen lang og ti alen bred.
OTB
Og han sa til meg: «Hva ser du?» Jeg svarte: «Jeg ser en flygende bokrull; dens lengde er tjue alen og dens bredde ti alen.»
B1930
Og han sa til mig: Hvad ser du? Jeg svarte: Jeg ser en flyvende bokrull, som er tyve alen lang og ti alen bred.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zephaniah 1:14

    The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

    Read in context

  • Genesis 6:11–13

    The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 1:11–14

    Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

    Read in context

  • Amos 7:8

    And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

    Read in context

  • Zechariah 4:2

    And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

    Read in context

  • Revelation 18:5

    For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

    Read in context

  • 2 Peter 2:3

    And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

    Read in context