Zechariah 2:2

Zechariah 2:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then 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."
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Where are you going?” I asked. He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”

Context of Zechariah 2:2

1Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 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.” 3And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

Zechariah 2:2 word by word

וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְא֥וֹת כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I, Whither goestהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• unto me, To measureמָדַדmâdad · to measureH4058
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753

Cross-references for Zechariah 2:2

• Zechariah 5:10So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”
• John 16:5“But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
• Jeremiah 31:39The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.
• Ezekiel 45:6“You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 48:15“The five thousand cubits in width that remain, along the edge of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for general use by the city, for dwellings and common-land; and the city shall be in the center.
• Revelation 11:1Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood, saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.
• Revelation 21:15And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

Commentaries on Zechariah 2:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2determine its width and length: By taking this measurement, God showed he was planning for Jerusalem's future.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. To measure Jerusalem--(Compare Re 11:1; 21:15, 16). to see what is the breadth ... what is the length--rather, "what is to be the due breadth and length."Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 2:2

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Commentaries on Zechariah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings