| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. | 1Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll! |
| 2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. | 2Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide." |
| 3Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to 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." |
| 4I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. | 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 that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. | 5After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving." |
| 6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all 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." |
| 7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. | 7Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. |
| 8And 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. | 8He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. |
| 9Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the 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. |
| 10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? | 10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?" |
| 11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own 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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