KJV King James Version
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.
WEB World English Bible
Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.
ASV American Standard Version
Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I turn back, and lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a flying roll.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 5
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.
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Zechariah 5:2And 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.Ezekiel 2:9-10And when I looked, behold, an hand [was] sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book [was] therein;Isaiah 8:1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.Jeremiah 36:27-32Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,Revelation 10:2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,Revelation 5:1-14And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.Revelation 10:8-11And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.Jeremiah 36:1-6And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,Jeremiah 36:20-24And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
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