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Zechariah 2:1–2

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Zechariah’s Third Vision

2And I looked upa and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope! 2And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”

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  1. aLiterally “lifted up my eyes”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.