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 Then I asked: Where are you going? He said to me: To measure Jerusalem, to see the width and the length of it.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

He brought me closer. I saw a man who looked like he was covered with bronze. The man was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring stick, and he stood in a gateway.

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore, said Jehovah: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion. My house will be built in it, said Jehovah of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.

Revelation 11:1

There was given me a reed like a measuring rod: and the angel stood, saying: Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.

Ezekiel 40:5

I saw a wall that surrounded the Temple. The man had a measuring stick that was ten and one half feet long. He measured the wall. It was ten and one half feet thick and ten and one half feet high.

Ezekiel 47:4

He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my knees. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my waist.

Zechariah 1:18

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

Revelation 21:15

He who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates and the wall.

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