Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 And I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then I said, Where do thou go? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem. To see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.


Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

And he brought me there, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed. And he stood in the gate.

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore thus says LORD: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

Revelation 11:1

And there was given me a reed similar to a rod, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Ezekiel 40:5

And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed, and the height, one ree

Ezekiel 47:4

Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the loins.

Zechariah 1:18

And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.

Revelation 21:15

And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, so that he might measure the city, and the gates of it, and the walls of it.

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