Zechariah 5:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ I will send it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ I will bring [the curse] forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him who swears falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and its stones.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Common English Bible

⁴ I sent it out, says the LORD of heavenly forces. It will come to the house of the thief and the one swearing lies in my name. It will lodge in their house and destroy the wood and stones of that house.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to 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 5:4 Cross References

Job 18:15

In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.

Job 20:26

Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown upon will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.

Job 8:15

He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

Job 8:22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

Proverbs 3:33

The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.

Jeremiah 2:26

“As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,

Hosea 4:2

there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do right,” says the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for every one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to it, and every one who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to it.

Zechariah 8:17

do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:16

Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house, and become accursed like it; you shall utterly detest and abhor it; for it is an accursed thing.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”