New King James Version
Zechariah 5:1
1Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there 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 Living Translation (NLT)I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air.
Context of Zechariah 5:1
Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll. 2And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” 3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”
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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 5:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”
- Isaiah 8:1Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
- Jeremiah 36:1Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
- Ezekiel 2:9Now when I looked, there was a hand stretched out to me; and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
- Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
- Revelation 10:2He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot 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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