The measuring line {\cf2\super [263]} will stretch from the Corner Gate straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to the place named Gorah.
Zechariah 2:2 - Easy To Read Version I asked him, “Where are you going?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said I, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I said, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and long it will be.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I said: Whither goest thou? and he said to me: To measure Jerusalem, and to see how great is the breadth thereof, and how great the length thereof. |
The measuring line {\cf2\super [263]} will stretch from the Corner Gate straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to the place named Gorah.
The Lord brought me there. There was a man there that looked \{shiny\} like \{polished\} bronze. That man had a cloth tape measure and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the gate.
“And you will give the city an area that is 5,000 cubits {\cf2\super [432]} wide and 25,000 cubits {\cf2\super [433]} long. It will be along the side of the holy area. It will be for all the family of Israel.
So the Lord says,\par “I will come back to Jerusalem\par and comfort her.”\par The Lord All-Powerful says,\par “Jerusalem will be built again.\par And my house will be built there.”\par
Then I asked the angel that was speaking with me, “Where are they carrying the bucket?”
Now I am going back to the One who sent me. But none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
Then I was given a measuring rod as long as a walking stick. I was told, “Go and measure the temple {\cf2\super [80]} of God and the altar, {\cf2\super [81]} and count the people worshiping there.