You are to have honest balances, honest weights, honest bushel-measure and an honest gallon. I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Zechariah 5:6 - Tree of Life Version I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “This is the measuring basket that goes out.” He continued, “This is their eye 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, honest bushel-measure and an honest gallon. I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land
saying: ‘When will the New Moon be over, so we may sell grain? Or Shabbat, so we may open the wheat market? —Let’s reduce the ephah measure and increase the shekel, cheat with deceitful balances,
buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals! We’ll even sell the refuse of the grain!’”
Does the house of the wicked still have treasures of wickedness? Or is an undersized ephah denounced?
In that day I will punish all who skip over the threshold while filling their master’s House with violence and deceit.
Then behold, a lead cover was lifted and a woman was sitting in the middle of the measuring basket.