| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll. | 1Then I turned to look, and there was 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.” | 2Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide." |
| 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.” | 3The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate." |
| 4“I will send out the curse,” says the LORD of hosts; “It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones.” | 4"I will send it out," says the LORD who rules over all, "and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones." |
| 5Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.” | 5After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving." |
| 6So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth: | 6I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth." |
| 7Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”; | 7Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. |
| 8then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth. | 8He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. |
| 9Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. | 9Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky. |
| 10So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?” | 10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?" |
| 11And he said to me, “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.” | 11He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence." |
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