Zechariah 5:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.””

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BSBPD

““What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he saith unto me, `What art thou seeing?' And I say, `I am seeing a flying roll, its length twenty by the cubit, and its breadth ten by the cubit.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 5:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
  2. Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  3. Amos 7:8“Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
  4. Zephaniah 1:14The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.
  5. Zechariah 4:2“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
  6. 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
  7. Revelation 18:5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

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