Zechariah 2:1

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 40:3 : 3 And he brought me thither; 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.
  • Zech 1:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
  • Rev 11:1 : 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
  • Rev 21:15 : 15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
  • Zech 1:18 : 18 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.
  • Ezek 40:5 : 5 And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
  • Ezek 47:4 : 4 Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the loins.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 2:2-3
    2 verses
    90%

    2Then 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.

    3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

  • Ezek 40:1-6
    6 verses
    80%

    1In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

    2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.

    3And he brought me thither; 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.

    4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

    5And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

    6Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

  • Zech 5:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.

    2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

  • 1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

  • Zech 5:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

    6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land

  • 15And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

  • Jer 31:38-39
    2 verses
    74%

    38Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.

    39And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.

  • 5I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:

  • 3When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.

  • Amos 7:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand.

    8And Jehovah said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumb-line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;

  • 18And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.

  • Zech 4:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.

    2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

  • Ezek 2:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

    10And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

  • 72%

    15Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

    16He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

  • 35And he brought me to the north gate: and he measured [it] according to these measures;

  • 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

  • 15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.

  • 19He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

  • 1Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

  • 17And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

  • 1Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

  • 32And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

  • Ezek 8:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

    5Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

  • 1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

  • 10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

  • 10For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; [these are] the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

  • 20And Jehovah showed me four smiths.

  • 28Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

  • 1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Zech 1:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.

    10And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

  • 48Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

  • 17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

  • 24And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

  • 9And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • 3Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.