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Zechariah 2:1–2

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, oa man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, p“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

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Zechariah 2:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Zechariah 2:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. “Where are you going?” I asked.

He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then I looked up and saw a man holding a line for measuring things. I asked him, “Where are you going?”

He said to me, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Zechariah 2:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Zechariah 2:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him, “Where are you going?” 

He answered, “I am going to measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is.” 

Zechariah 2:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And I looked up and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line. “Where are you going?” I asked.

“To measure Jerusalem,” he answered. “I want to find out how wide and how long it is.”

Zechariah 2:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”


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