Zechariah 5:8

In 11 translations

BSB

“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

KJV

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

WEB

He said, “This is Wickedness;” and he threw her down into the middle of the ephah basket; and he threw the lead weight on its mouth.

ASV

And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

LSV

And he says, “This [is] the wicked woman.” And he casts her into the midst of the ephah, and casts the weight of lead on its mouth.

YLT

And he saith, 'This [is] the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

DBY

And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

DRC

And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

GNV

And he said, This is wickednes, and he cast it into the middes of the Ephah, and hee cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

JPS

And he said: 'This is Wickedness.' And he cast her down into the midst of the measure, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

LXXE

And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

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WLC

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ אֶת־אֶ֥בֶן הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל־פִּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν, αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία· καὶ ἔῤῥιψεν αὐτὴν εἰς μέσον τοῦ μέτρου, καὶ ἔῤῥιψε τὸν λίθον τοῦ μολίβδου εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
• Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
• Zechariah 5:7And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
• Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
• Amos 9:1–4I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those…
• Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

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