God’s Word Translation
Zechariah 5:1
1I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.
Zechariah 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
- New International Version (NIV)I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying scroll!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll.
Context of Zechariah 5:1
I looked up again and saw a flying scroll. 2The angel asked me, “What do you see?” “I see a flying scroll,” I answered. “It’s 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.” 3Then he said to me, “This is a curse that will go out all over the earth. The one side of the scroll says that every thief will be forced away. The other side of the scroll says that everyone who takes an oath will be forced away.
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וָאָשׁ֕וּב וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֖י וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֥ה עָפָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 5:1
- Zechariah 5:2The angel asked me, “What do you see?” “I see a flying scroll,” I answered. “It’s 30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”
- Isaiah 8:1The Lord said to me, “Take a large writing tablet, and write on it with a pen: ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz’ [The Looting Will Come Quickly; the Prey Will Be Easy].
- Jeremiah 36:1In the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah of Judah, the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said,
- Ezekiel 2:9As I looked, I saw a hand stretched out toward me. In it was a scroll.
- Revelation 5:1I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. It had writing both on the inside and on the outside. It was sealed with seven seals.
- Revelation 10:2He held a small, opened scroll in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.
Commentaries on Zechariah 5:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Behold a flying roll - This was twenty cubits long, and ten cubits broad; the prophet saw it expanded, and flying. Itself was the catalogue of the crimes of the people, and the punishment threatened by the Lord. Some think the crimes were those of the Jews; others, those of the Chaldeans. The roll is mentioned in allusion to those large rolls on which the Jews write the Pentateuch. One now lying before me is one hundred and fifty-three feet long, by…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Hitherto all had been bright, full of the largeness of the gifts of God; of God‘s favor to His people; the removal of their enemies; the restoration and expansion and security of God‘s people and Church under His protection; the acceptance of the present typical priesthood and the promise of Him, through whom there should be entire forgiveness: the abiding illumining of the Church by the Spirit of God. Yet there is a reverse side to all this, God‘s…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The vision of a flying roll. (1-4) The vision of a woman and an ephah. (5-11) Verses 1-4 The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are rolls, in which God has written the great things of his law and gospel; they are flying rolls. God's word runs very swiftly, Psa 147:15. This flying roll contains a declaration of the righteous wrath of God against sinners. Oh that we saw with an eye of faith the flying roll of God's curse hanging over the guilty world…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Again I lifted up my eyes: This is the sixth of eight visions Zechariah had in one night. A scroll, similar to a book in biblical times, was usually made of rolled parchment or leather, but sometimes of papyrus, tin, or copper. This scroll was flying, unfurled like a banner for everyone to see.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-41. flying roll--of papyrus, or dressed skins, used for writing on when paper was not known. It was inscribed with the words of the curse (De 27:15-26; 28:15-68). Being written implied that its contents were beyond all escape or repeal (Eze 2:9). Its "flying" shows that its curses were ready swiftly to visit the transgressors. It was unrolled, or else its dimensions could not have been seen (Zec 5:2). Being open to all, none could say in excuse he knew not…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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