King James Version
Zechariah 5:1 in the King James Version says “Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.” — study this verse from Zechariah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.”
Zechariah 5:1 · KJV
Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
And 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.
Then 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. every one that stealeth: or, every one of this people that stealeth holdeth himself guiltless, as it doth
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“Then I turned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“and lifted up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“mine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“and looked”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“and behold a flying”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
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