Zechariah 5:7
New International Version
Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!

New Living Translation
Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.

English Standard Version
And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

Berean Standard Bible
And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

King James Bible
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

New King James Version
Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;

New American Standard Bible
And behold, a lead cover was lifted up.” He continued, “And this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”

NASB 1995
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”

NASB 1977
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”

Legacy Standard Bible
(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”

Amplified Bible
(and behold, a [round, flat] lead cover was lifted up); and there sat a woman inside the ephah.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.”

American Standard Version
(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And behold, a talent of lead was lifted up, and one woman was sitting inside the measure

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.

Contemporary English Version
The lead cover of the basket was opened, and in the basket was a woman.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

English Revised Version
(and behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:) and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A lead cover [on the basket] was raised, and a woman was sitting in the basket.

Good News Translation
The basket had a lid made of lead. As I watched, the lid was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!

International Standard Version
Look, a round lead cover was being lifted, and there was one woman seated inside the basket!

JPS Tanakh 1917
and, behold, there was lifted up a round piece of lead--and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the measure.'

Literal Standard Version
And behold, a disc of lead lifted up; and this [is] a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.”

Majority Standard Bible
And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

New American Bible
Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

NET Bible
Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket.

New Revised Standard Version
Then a leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

New Heart English Bible
And look, a lead cover was raised up, and there was a woman sitting in the basket.

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

World English Bible
and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.”

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Vision of the Woman in a Basket
6“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” 7And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket. 8“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.…

Cross References
Zechariah 5:6
"What is it?" I asked. And he replied, "A measuring basket is going forth." Then he continued, "This is their iniquity in all the land."

Zechariah 5:8
"This is Wickedness," he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.


Treasury of Scripture

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sits in the middle of the ephah.

talent.

Isaiah 13:1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

Isaiah 15:1
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

Isaiah 22:11
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

is.

Jeremiah 3:1,2
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD…

Ezekiel 16:1-63
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, …

Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …

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Zechariah 5
1. By the flying scroll is shown the curse of thieves and swearers;
5. and by a woman pressed in an ephah the final judgment of wickedness.














Verse 7. - There was lifted up a talent of lead. As the prophet gazed, the leaden cover of the ephah was raised, so that the contents became visible. The word rendered "talent" (kikkar) denotes a circle. It is used in Genesis 13:10, 12, for the tract of country of which the Jordan was the centre, and in 1 Samuel 2:36 for a round loaf. Here it means a disc or circular plate which formed the cover of the round shaped ephah. In the next verse it is called, "the weight of lead." And this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah; and there was a woman sitting, etc. When the leaden lid was raised one woman (mulier una, γυνὴ μία) was seen in the measure. She is called "one," as uniting and concentrating in her person all sinners and all sins.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And behold,
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the cover
כִּכַּ֥ר (kik·kar)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of lead
עֹפֶ֖רֶת (‘ō·p̄e·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5777: Lead (a metal)

was raised,
נִשֵּׂ֑את (niś·śêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

and there was
אַחַ֔ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

a woman
אִשָּׁ֣ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

sitting
יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת (yō·wō·še·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

inside
בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the basket.
הָאֵיפָֽה׃ (hā·’ê·p̄āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 374: Ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain)


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