Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

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 lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line. 2 And I say, 'Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see how much is its breadth, and how much its length.'

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:3

And He bringeth me in thither, and lo, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a thread of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed, and he is standing at the gate,

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

Revelation 11:1

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, 'Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it;

Ezekiel 40:5

And lo, a wall on the outside of the house all round about, and in the hand of the man a measuring-reed, six cubits by a cubit and a handbreadth, and he measureth the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed.

Ezekiel 47:4

And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over into water -- water to the knees. And he measureth a thousand, and causeth me to pass over -- water to the loins.

Zechariah 1:18

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, four horns.

Revelation 21:15

And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

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