Zechariah 5:10
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Zechariah 5:10 in other translations
| BSB | “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me. |
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| WEB | Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?” |
| ASV | Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? |
| YLT | And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, ‘Whither are they causing the ephah to go?' |
| DARBY | And I said to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these carry the ephah? |
| BBE | And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah? |
| Webster | Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? |
What does Zechariah 5:10 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 5:5-11
In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon…
Zechariah 5:10 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Zechariah 5:9
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
- Zechariah 5:10
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
- Zechariah 5:11
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
Zechariah 5:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dije al ángel que hablaba conmigo: ¿A dónde llevan el epha? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je dis à l’ange qui parlait avec moi: Où celles-ci emportent-elles l’épha? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich sprach zu dem Engel, der mit mir redete: Wohin bringen diese das Epha? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me: Quo istæ deferunt amphoram? |