Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

International Standard Version

Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

And I looked up, and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Bible in Basic English

And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I shall lift up mine eyes and see, and behold, a man, and in his hand a cord of measure.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I {looked up} and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand [was] a measuring rope!

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, and lo! a Man, - and, in his hand, a Measuring Line.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I lifted up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

again, and looked
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

and behold a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

with a measuring
מדּה 
Middah 
Usage: 55

Context Readings

Zechariah's Third Vision

1 Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 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.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore thus says the Lord, “I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built in it,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’

Revelation 11:1

Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Ezekiel 40:5

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

Ezekiel 47:4

Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins.

Zechariah 1:18

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

Revelation 21:15

The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.

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