Zechariah 5:3
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.
Zechariah 5:3 in other translations
| BSB | Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. |
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| WEB | Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land, for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. |
| ASV | Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it. |
| YLT | And he saith unto me, ‘This is the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent. |
| DARBY | And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side. |
| BBE | Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment. |
| Webster | Then said he to 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. |
What does Zechariah 5:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 5:1-4
The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are rolls, in which God has written the great things of his law and gospel; they are flying rolls. God's word runs very swiftly, Psa 147:15. This flying roll contains a declaration of the righteous wrath of God against sinners. Oh that we saw with an eye of faith the flying roll of God's curse hanging over the guilty world as a thick cloud, not only keeping off the…
Zechariah 5:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 5:3
- Exodus 20:15
Thou shalt not steal.
- Isaiah 48:1
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
- Isaiah 43:28
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
- James 5:12
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
- Isaiah 24:6
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Zechariah 5:4
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.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- Galatians 3:10-13
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
- Leviticus 19:12
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
- Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- Malachi 4:6
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
- Jeremiah 26:6
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 11:28,29; 27:15-26; 28:15-68; 29:19-28; Ps 109:17-20; Pr 3:33
Isa 24:6; 43:28; Jer 26:6; Da 9:11; Mal 3:9; 4:6; Mt 25:41
Ga 3:10-13; Heb 6:6-8; Re 21:8; 22:15
the face.
Lu 21:35
every one, etc. or, every one of this people that stealeth,holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth. stealeth.
Ex 20:15; Pr 29:24; 30:9; Jer 7:9; Ho 4:2; Mal 3:8-10; 1Co 6:7-9
Eph 4:28; Jas 5:4
sweareth.
4; 8:17; Le 19:12; Isa 48:1; Jer 5:2; 23:10; Eze 17:13-16; Mal 3:5
Mt 5:33-37; 23:16-22; 1Ti 1:9; Jas 5:12
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Context
- 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.
- Zechariah 5:3
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.
- Zechariah 5:4
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.
Zechariah 5:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Díjome entonces: Esta es la maldición que sale sobre la haz de toda la tierra; porque todo aquel que hurta, (como está de la una parte del rollo) será destruído; y todo aquel que jura, (como está de la otra parte del rollo) será destruído. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il me dit: C’est ici la malédiction qui sort sur la face de toute la terre; car tout voleur sera détruit, selon ce qui est écrit, d’une part; et chacun qui jure sera détruit, selon ce qui est écrit, de l’autre part. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach zu mir: Dies ist der Fluch, welcher über die Fläche des ganzen Landes ausgeht; denn ein jeder, der stiehlt, wird gemäß dem, was auf dieser Seite der Rolle geschrieben ist weggefegt werden; und ein jeder, der falsch schwört, wird gemäß dem, was auf jener Seite der Rolle geschrieben ist, weggefegt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit ad me: Hæc est maledictio quæ egreditur super faciem omnis terræ: quia omnis fur, sicut ibi scriptum est, judicabitur, et omnis jurans ex hoc similiter judicabitur. |