Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
Parallel translations
- KJV And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
- BSB Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him
- NKJV And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,
- NASB And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.
- NLT Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Zech 1:19I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
- Zech 5:5Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing.”
- Zech 4:5Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
- Zech 1:13–14Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
- Zech 1:8–11“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
- Zech 4:1The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
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