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Zechariah 2:1

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

KJV

Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi, et ecce vir, et in manu ejus funiculus mensorum.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἦρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ σχοινίον γεωμετρικόν.

LXX

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

ASV

וָ/אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת עֵינַ֖/י וָ/אֵ֑רֶא וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה אַרְבַּ֥ע קְרָנֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְבַּ֥ע
'rb'
adjective · 318×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 74×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 40:3 — And he brought me thither, 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.
  • Ezek 40:3 — And he brought me thither, 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.
  • Ezek 40:5 — And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one r
  • Ezek 47:3 — And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.
  • Ezek 47:4 — Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
  • Jer 31:39 — And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
  • Job 38:5 — Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
  • Rev 11:1 — And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
  • Rev 11:1 — And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
  • Rev 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
  • Rev 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
  • Zech 1:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
  • Zech 1:16 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
  • Zech 1:18 — Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.