Zechariah 5:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance in all the land:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And I said, What is it? [What does it symbolize?] And he said, This that goes forth is an ephah[-sized vessel for separate grains all collected together]. This, he continued, is the symbol of the sinners mentioned above and is the resemblance of their iniquity throughout the whole land. [Amos 8:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land

Common English Bible

⁶ I said, “What’s this?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out. This is how it appears throughout the entire land.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And I said, "What, then, is it?" And he said, "This is a container going forth." And he said, "This is their eye in all the earth."

Zechariah 5:6 Cross References

Amos 8:5

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Leviticus 19:36

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Zechariah 5:7

(and behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:) and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Amos 8:6

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat.

Micah 6:10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

Zephaniah 1:9

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, which fill their master's house with violence and deceit.