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 King James Version (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.”

Context of Zechariah 2:2

1I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Where goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length. 3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 4And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle 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

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

Cross-references for Zechariah 2:2

• Zechariah 5:10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Where do these bear the ephah?
• John 16:5But now I go to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Where goest thou?
• Jeremiah 31:39And the measuring line shall yet go forth straight forward over the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.
• Ezekiel 45:6And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, beside the oblation of the holy portion : it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 48:15And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth next to the five and twenty thousand, shall be a common place for the city, for dwelling, and for common lands: and the city shall be in the midst of it.
• Revelation 11:1And there was given me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.
• Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and 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