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Zechariah 2:1

And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

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Zechariah 2:1 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

WEB World English Bible

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

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In context

1 And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

2 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.

3 And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,

4 Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

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