Zechariah 5:1

Zechariah 5:1 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air.

Context of Zechariah 5:1

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2And 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. 3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

Zechariah 5:1 word by word

וָאָשׁ֕וּב וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֖י וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֥ה עָפָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Then I turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• and lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: lookH5375
• mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and lookedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and behold a flyingעוּף‛ûph · to flyH5774
• rollמְגִלָּהmegillâh · scrollH4039

Cross-references for Zechariah 5:1

• Zechariah 5:2And 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.
• Isaiah 8:1Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.
• Jeremiah 36:1And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
• Ezekiel 2:9And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
• Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
• Revelation 10:2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

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

Topics related to Zechariah 5:1

• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Roll
• Bible, the
• Curse
• Joshua (3)
• Zechariah, Book of
• Old Testament
• Writing

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