Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall be to you: I Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Zechariah 5:6 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And saying, What is it? And he will say to me, This the ephah going forth. And he will say, This their eye in all the earth. 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. |
Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall be to you: I Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
Saying, When will the month pass through, and we will sell grain? and the Sabbath, and we will open wheat to diminish the ephah, and to enlarge the shekel, and to make crooked the balance of deceit?
To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain.
Are there yet treasures of injustice in the house of the unjust, and the ephah of leanness being cursed?
And I reviewed upon every one leaping upon the threshold in that day, filling their lords' houses with violence and deceit
And behold, a talent of lead was lifted up: and this one woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.