KJV King James Version
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.
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Zechariah 5:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith unto me, ‘What art thou seeing?’ And I say, ‘I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.’
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.
5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)מָ֥הH4100 · mahwhat?אַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)רֹאֶ֑הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוָאֹמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayאֲנִ֤יH589 · a.niIרֹאֶה֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeמְגִלָּ֣הH4039 · me.gil.lahscrollעָפָ֔הH5774 · uphto flyאָרְכָּהּ֙H753 · o.rekhlengthעֶשְׂרִ֣יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyבָּֽאַמָּ֔הH520 · am.mahcubitוְרָחְבָּ֖הּH7341 · ro.chavwidthעֶ֥שֶׂרH6235 · e.sertenבָּאַמָּֽה׃H520 · am.mahcubit
Cross-references
Amos 7:8And 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:Zechariah 4:2And 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:Genesis 6:11-13The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.Jeremiah 1:11-14Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.Zephaniah 1:14The 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.Revelation 18:5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.2 Peter 2:3And 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.
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