Zechariah 2:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

KJV

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

WEB

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

ASV

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

LSV

And I lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

YLT

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

DBY

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

DRC

And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.

GNV

I lift vp mine eyes againe and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

JPS2:5

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

LXXE2:5

And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.

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Original-language editions

WLC2:5

וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛י וָאֵ֖רֶא וְהִנֵּה־אִ֑ישׁ וּבְיָד֖וֹ חֶ֥בֶל מִדָּֽה׃KJV:Zech.2.1

LXX-Br2:5

Καὶ ᾖρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ σχοινίον γεωμετρικόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 40:3So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
• Zechariah 1:16Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
• Revelation 21:15The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
• Revelation 11:1Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
• Ezekiel 40:5And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one…
• Ezekiel 47:4Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
• Zechariah 1:18Then I looked up and saw four horns.

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