Zechariah 5:8
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.
Zechariah 5:8 in other translations
| BSB | “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it. |
| Webster | And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth. |
What does Zechariah 5:8 mean?
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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 5:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Zechariah 5:8
- Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
- Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- Zechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
- Amos 9:1-4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
- Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- Psalms 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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Context
- Zechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
- Zechariah 5:8
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.
- 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 5:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él dijo: Esta es la Maldad; y echóla dentro del epha, y echó la masa de plomo en su boca. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: C’est la méchanceté. Et il la jeta au milieu de l’épha, et il jeta le poids de plomb sur l’ouverture. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach: Dies ist die Gesetzlosigkeit; und er warf sie in das Epha hinein und warf das Bleigewicht auf dessen Mündung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixit: Hæc est impietas. Et projecit eam in medio amphoræ, et misit massam plumbeam in os ejus. |