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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Zechariah 5:5

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth."

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apocalyptic literature;   Vision;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Prophecy of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”
Hebrew Names Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."
King James Version (1611)
Then the Angell that talked with me, went forth and said vnto me, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
King James Version
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
English Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out."
New American Standard Bible
Then the angel who had been speaking with me went out and said to me, "Now raise your eyes and see what this is that is going forth."
New Century Version
Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what is going out."
Amplified Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and said to me, "Now look up and see what this is going forth."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and said vnto me, Lift vp now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth foorth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth."
Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, "Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching."
Contemporary English Version
Now the angel who was there to explain the visions came over and said, "Look up and tell me what you see coming."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the angel speaking with me went forward and said to me, "Now raise your eyes, and see what this thing is, passing by."
Darby Translation
And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
Easy-to-Read Version
The angel who was talking to me went outside and said, "Look! What do you see coming?"
George Lamsa Translation
Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said to me, Lift up your eyes and see what is this that goes forth.
Good News Translation
The angel appeared again and said, "Look! Something else is coming!"
Lexham English Bible
And the angel who was speaking to me went out, and he said to me, "Please look up! See what this is going out."
Literal Translation
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and said to me, Now lift up your eyes and see what this is that goes forth.
American Standard Version
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
Bible in Basic English
And the angel who was talking to me went out and said to me, Let your eyes be lifted up now, and see the ephah which is going out.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the angel that spoke with me went forth, and said unto me: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the angel that talked with me, went foorth, and saide vnto me: Lyft vp thyne eyes, and see what is this that goeth foorth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth.
English Revised Version
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
World English Bible
Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel wente out, that spak in me, and seide to me, Reyse thin iyen, and se, what this thing is, that goith out.
Update Bible Version
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now thy eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth.
New English Translation
After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving."
New King James Version
Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, "Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth."
New Living Translation
Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, "Look up and see what's coming."
New Life Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me came out and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is going out."
New Revised Standard
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is coming out."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came forward, the messenger who was talking with me, - and said unto me - Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what this is which is coming forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.
Revised Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, "Lift your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth."
Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger who is speaking with me goeth forth, and saith unto me, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what [is] this that is coming forth?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The the angel that talked with me, wente forth, & sayde vnto me: lift vp thine eyes & se, what this is yt goeth forth.
THE MESSAGE
The Messenger-Angel appeared and said, "Look up. Tell me what you see."

Contextual Overview

5 Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth."6 I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah going forth." Again he said, "This is their appearance in all the land 7 (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah." 8 Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening. 9 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10 I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?" 11 Then he said to me, "To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 4:5

Lift: Zechariah 5:1

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:16 - not Isaiah 24:20 - and it Jeremiah 24:3 - What Ezekiel 8:5 - lift Daniel 8:3 - I lifted Amos 8:2 - Amos Zechariah 1:18 - lifted Zechariah 6:4 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."
Genesis 5:7
Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:8
So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
Genesis 5:10
Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:11
So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
Genesis 5:12
Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.
Genesis 5:14
So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:32
Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the angel that talked with me went forth,.... From the place where he was, and had been interpreting the vision of the flying roll, unto another more convenient for showing and explaining the following one; and, as it should seem, took the prophet along with him:

and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what [is] this that goeth forth; either out of the temple or out of heaven, into some open place, where it might be seen.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then the angel went forth - From the choirs of angels, among whom, in the interval, he had retired, as before (Zephaniah 2:3 (7 Hebrew)) he had gone forth to meet another angel.


 
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