I heard one speaking to me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
- BSB While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
- NKJV Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me.
- NASB Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me.
- NLT And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ezek 40:3He brought me there; 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.
- Lev 1:1Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Isa 66:6A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.
- Rev 16:1I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”
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