15 The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (cf. Gen 13:17; Job 1:7; 2:2–3; Ezek 28:14; Zech 6:7). The Lord is here about to claim sovereignty over the nations. Cf. , , , “to patrol”; “to go and inspect.”

In other versions

So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.’

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.”

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”

The rider standing among the myrtle trees then explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth.”

And the man standing between the myrtle shrubs answered and said, “These are those whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the earth.”

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

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