Zechariah 5:8

Hebrew Names Version

He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the efah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The angel said, "The woman represents evil." Then the angel pushed the woman down into the bucket and put the lead lid back on it.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he thrust her into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening.

New Century Version
The angel said, "The woman stands for wickedness." Then he pushed her back into the basket and put the lid back down.

Update Bible Version
And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.

Amplified Bible
Then he said, "This is Wickedness (Godlessness)!" And he threw her back down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead cover on its opening.

English Standard Version
And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

World English Bible
He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, This is vnpite, ether vnfeithfulnesse. And he castide doun hir in myddil of the pot, and sente a gobet of leed in to the mouth therof.

English Revised Version
And he said, This is Wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah: and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Berean Standard Bible
"This is Wickedness," he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

Contemporary English Version
"This woman represents evil," the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight.

American Standard Version
And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Bible in Basic English
And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

Complete Jewish Bible
He said, "This is Evil." He threw her down into the eifah and pressed the lead weight over its opening.

Darby Translation
And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'This is Wickedness.' And he cast her down into the midst of the measure, and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

King James Version (1611)
And he said, This is wickednesse, and he cast it into the midst of the Ephah, and he cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

New Living Translation
The angel said, "The woman's name is Wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.

New Life Bible
The angel said, "This is Sin!" And he threw her back into the basket and threw the lead weight on its opening.

New Revised Standard
And he said, "This is Wickedness." So he thrust her back into the basket, and pressed the leaden weight down on its mouth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said, This is wickednes, and he cast it into the middes of the Ephah, and hee cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth thereof.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to me, This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the talent of lead upon its mouth.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he, This, is Lawlessness. So he thrust her back inside the ephah, - and then thrust the leaden weight into the mouth thereof.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Revised Standard Version
And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight upon its mouth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said, This is vngodlinesse: So he cast her into the middest of the measure, and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

Good News Translation
The angel said, "This represents wickedness." Then he pushed her down into the basket and put the lid back down.

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.

King James Version
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Lexham English Bible
And he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he thrust her back down into the basket, and threw the lead cover on top of it.

Literal Translation
And he said, This is wickedness. And he threw her into the midst of the ephah; and he threw the lead stone over its opening.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `This [is] the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde: This is vngodlynesse. So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure, & threwe ye lompe of leade vp in to an hole.

THE MESSAGE
He said, "This is Miss Wicked." He pushed her back down into the basket and clamped the lead lid over her.

New English Translation
He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.

New King James Version
then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover [fn] over its mouth.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and threw the lead weight on its opening.

Contextual Overview

⁵ 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." ⁶ I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the efah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land ⁷ (and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the efah basket." ⁸ He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the efah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth. ⁹ Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the efah basket between eretz and the sky. ¹⁰ Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the efah basket?" ¹¹ He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shin`ar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

This: Genesis 15:16, Matthew 23:32, 1 Thessalonians 2:16

the weight: Zechariah 5:7, Psalms 38:4, Proverbs 5:22, Lamentations 1:14, Amos 9:1-4

Reciprocal: Isaiah 64:6 - our iniquities Luke 22:19 - is my

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, This [is] wickedness,.... A representation of wicked men, who are wickedness itself, as their inward part is, Psalms 5:9 and particularly of the wicked one, the man of sin and son of perdition, the Roman antichrist and apocalyptic beast; who, though he is called by this title, "his Holiness", his true and proper name is "wickedness"; ο ανομος, that wicked lawless one, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 yea, wickedness itself, being extremely wicked, a sink of sin and of all abominations, Revelation 17:5.

And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; that is, wickedness; that it might be kept within bounds, and not exceed its measure to be filled up: this seems to denote some restraint on sinners, that they may not be able to go all the lengths they would; and some rebuke upon them, that they might not lift up their heads with impunity; and some check upon them, and their furious rage towards the people of God; and also the putting of an utter end to sin and sinners, and particularly the followers of antichrist; see Psalms 104:35.

And he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof; either upon the mouth of the woman, or of the ephah; and, be it which it will, it was done to keep the woman within the ephah, and press her down there; and intends the judgments of God upon sinners; and shows that there is no escaping divine vengeance; that it falls heavy where it lights, and sinks to the lowest hell; and that it will continue, being laid on by the firm, unchangeable, and irrevocable decree of God. Cocceius understands this of the Saracens and Turks, and the barbarous nations, being cast into the Roman empire, to restrain the antichristian tyranny; but it seems better to apply it to the utter destruction of antichrist, signified by a millstone cast into the sea and sunk there, never to rise more; see Revelation 18:21 and with it compare Exodus 15:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And cast her into the midst of the Ephah - As yet then the measure was not full. Ribera: “She had the lower part within the Ephah, but the upper, especially the head, without. Though the Jews had slain the prophets and done many grievous things, the greatest sin of all remained to be done. But when they had crucified Christ and persecuted the Apostles and the Gospel, the measure was full; she was wholly within the Ephah, no part remained without, so that the measure was filled.”

And he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof - that is, doubtless of the Ephah; as in Genesis, “a great stone was on the mouth of the well” Genesis 29:2, so that there should be no access to it.