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Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
New American Standard Bible
So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To
King James Version
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Holman Bible
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”
International Standard Version
I asked, "Where are you going?" He responded, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and length."
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Amplified
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.”
Bible in Basic English
And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
Darby Translation
And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, Whither goest thou? And he will say to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see according to what its breadth, and according to what its length.
King James 2000
Then said I, where go you? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I asked, "Where [are] you going?" And he answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to see what [is] its width and what [is] its length."
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said I, 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me, 'To measure Jerusalem, that I may see how long and how broad it is.'
NET Bible
I asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length."
New Heart English Bible
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
The Emphasized Bible
And I said, Whither art thou going? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what should be the breadth thereof, and what the length thereof.
Webster
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length.
World English Bible
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 2:2
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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.' 3 And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,
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Jeremiah 31:39
And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.
Revelation 21:15-17
And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;
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,
Ezekiel 45:6
And of the possession of the city ye give five thousand of breadth, and of length five and twenty thousand, over-against the heave-offering of the holy portion: to all the house of Israel it is.
Ezekiel 48:15-17
And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the five and twenty thousand, is common -- for the city, for dwelling, and for suburb, and the city hath been in its midst.
Ezekiel 48:30-35
And these are the outgoings of the city on the north side, five hundred, and four thousand measures.
Zechariah 5:10
And I say unto the messenger who is speaking with me, 'Whither are they causing the ephah to go?'
John 16:5
and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?
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;