Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
- NKJV So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
- NASB 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.”
- NLT “Where are you going?” I asked. He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Rev 21:15–17He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
- Ezek 45:6You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand wide, and twenty-five thousand long, side by side with the offering of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
- Jer 31:39The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.
- Zech 5:10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
- Ezek 48:15–17The five thousand that are left in the width, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the middle of it.
- Rev 11:1A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
- John 16:5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
- 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.
- Ezek 48:30–35These are the exits of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure;
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