Zechariah 5:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He replied, 'To the land of Shinar to build a house for it. When it is prepared, it will be set there on its own base.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559} unto me, To build{H1129} her a house{H1004} in the land{H776} of Shinar:{H8152} and when it is prepared,{H3559} she shall be set{H3240} there in her own place.{H4369}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, To build{H1129}{(H8800)} it an house{H1004} in the land{H776} of Shinar{H8152}: and it shall be established{H3559}{(H8717)}, and set{H3240}{(H8717)} there upon her own base{H4369}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he sayde vnto me: in to the londe of Synear, to buylde them an house: which when it is prepared, the measure shall be set there in his place.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And hee saide vnto mee, To builde it an house in the lande of Shinar, and it shall be established and set there vpon her owne place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he saide vnto me: Into the land of Sinnaar to builde it an house, & it shal be established, & set there vpon her owne place.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he saith unto me, `To build to it a house in the land of Shinar.' And it hath been prepared and hath been placed there on its base.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said to me, To make a house for her in the land of Shinar: and they will make a place ready, and put her there in the place which is hers.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He said to me, "To build her a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He 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.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 11:2 : 2 And it happened, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and lived there.
  • Dan 1:2 : 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.
  • Gen 10:10 : 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  • Gen 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations;
  • Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  • Jer 29:28 : 28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, 'This captivity is long; build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.'
  • Deut 28:59 : 59 Then the LORD will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.
  • Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.
  • Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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  • Ezra 5:15-17
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    15 And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

    16 Then the same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been in building, and yet it is not completed.

    17 Now therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was made by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his decision to us concerning this matter.

  • 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, Where do they carry the ephah?

  • Gen 11:2-5
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    2 And it happened, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and lived there.

    3 And they said to one another, Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and tar they had for mortar.

    4 And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.

    5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

  • 8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • 5 And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • Ezra 5:11-13
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    11 And they returned an answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

    12 But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to anger, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away to Babylon.

    13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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    5 Then the angel who talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth.

    6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance throughout the earth.

    7 And, behold, there was lifted up a lead cover: and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

  • Zech 4:8-9
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    8 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

  • Ezra 5:3-4
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    3 At the same time, Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, came to them and said, Who has commanded you to build this house and to finish this wall?

    4 Then we said to them in this manner, What are the names of the men who are building this building?

  • 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    8 Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and this work is going on rapidly and prospers in their hands.

    9 Then we asked those elders and said to them, Who commanded you to build this house and to finish these walls?

  • 38 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananel to the corner gate.

  • Ezra 6:3-5
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    3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits;

    4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given from the king's treasury:

    5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and place them in the house of God.

  • 9 To prepare me timber in abundance, for the house which I am about to build shall be exceedingly great.

  • 5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.

  • 13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 14 Who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

  • 2 But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.

  • 2 In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.

  • 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and set up, let him be hanged upon it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

  • 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  • 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

  • 6 On what are its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

  • 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

  • 2 Chr 2:5-6
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    5 And the house which I build is great, for great is our God above all gods.

    6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • Gen 11:8-9
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    8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.

    9 Therefore its name is called Babel, because the LORD confused the language of all the earth there, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

  • 6 And I heard him speaking to me out of the house; and the man stood by me.

  • 5 And I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it.

  • 8 And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

  • 2 And David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

  • 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

  • 1 Wisdom has built her house, she has carved out her seven pillars: