English Standard Version
Zechariah 5:10
10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?"
Zechariah 5:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
- New International Version (NIV)“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel.
Context of Zechariah 5:10
8And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening. 9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. Then I said to the angel who talked with me, "Where are they taking the basket?" 11He said to me, "To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base."
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וָאֹמַ֕ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י אָ֛נָה הֵ֥מָּה מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹת אֶת־הָאֵיפָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 5:10
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
- Ezekiel 39:12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
- John 2:16And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
Commentaries on Zechariah 5:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 In this vision the prophet sees an ephah, something in the shape of a corn measure. This betokened the Jewish nation. They are filling the measure of their iniquity; and when it is full, they shall be delivered into the hands of those to whom God sold them for their sins. The woman sitting in the midst of the ephah represents the sinful church and nation of the Jews, in their latter and corrupt age. Guilt is upon the sinner as a weight of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11The seventh vision continues the theme of cleansing that began when the high priest Jeshua was declared innocent (Zechariah 3:1–10). The removal of wickedness, like the removal of Jeshua’s filthy clothes (Zechariah 3:4), shows God’s gracious forgiveness. This act comes from the covenant-keeping God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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