Zechariah 5:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And he said, “This is Wickedness.” So he thrust her back into the basket and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he said, This is lawlessness (wickedness)! And he thrust her back into the ephah[-sized vessel] and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth of it!

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

He said, “This is wickedness.” He shoved her back into the basket, and he put the lead stone over its opening.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said, "This is impiety." And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Zechariah 5:8 Cross References

Genesis 15:16

And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Psalm 38:4

For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.

Lamentations 1:14

My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hand they were fastened together; they weigh on my neck, sapping my strength; the Lord handed me over to those whom I cannot withstand.

Hosea 12:7

A trader in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah smaller and the shekel heavier and practice deceit with false balances,

Micah 6:11

Can I tolerate wicked scales and a bag of dishonest weights?

Zechariah 5:7

Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

Matthew 23:32

Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by hindering us from speaking to the gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath has overtaken them at last.