Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
- BSB So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- NKJV Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- NASB So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
- NLT “And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
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Cross-references · 4
- Zech 1:9Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
- Zech 5:10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are these carrying the ephah basket?”
- Zech 5:5–6Then 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 1:19–21I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
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