You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; , I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Zechariah 5:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So I asked, ‘What is it? ’ He responded, ‘It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.’ And he continued, ‘This is their iniquity in all the land.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth. |
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; , I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
asking, ‘When will the New Moon be over so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may market wheat? We can reduce the measure while increasing the price and cheat with dishonest scales.
We can buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and even sell the chaff! ’
Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked?
On that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold, , who fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.
Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.