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Zechariah 5:8

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.

KJV

Et dixit : Hæc est impietas. Et projecit eam in medio amphoræ, et misit massam plumbeam in os ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία· καὶ ἔριψεν αὐτὴν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ μέτρου, καὶ ἔριψεν τὸν λίθον τοῦ μολίβου εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָ/רִשְׁעָ֔ה וַ/יַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖/הּ אֶל תּ֣וֹךְ הָֽ/אֵיפָ֑ה וַ/יַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ אֶת אֶ֥בֶן הָ/עֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל פִּֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵיפָֽה
'yph
noun · 40×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 496×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עוֹפֶ֔רֶת
'vprt
noun · 9×
רִשְׁעָ֔ה
rsh'h
noun · 14×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mic 6:11 — Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?