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Contemporary English Version

Zechariah 2:3

The angel who had spoken to me was leaving, when another angel came up to him

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Jerusalem;   Thompson Chain Reference - Angels;   Appearances;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - New Jerusalem;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gareb;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eschatology;   Preexistence;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
King James Version (1611)
And behold, the Angel that talked with me, went foorth, and another Angel went out to meete him:
King James Version
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
English Standard Version
And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him
New American Standard Bible
And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.
New Century Version
Then the angel who was talking with me left, and another angel came out to meet him.
Amplified Bible
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And beholde, the Angel that talked with me, went foorth: and another Angel went out to meete him,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,
Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him
Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him
Complete Jewish Bible
Next, Adonai showed me four artisans.
Darby Translation
And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and another angel went forth to meet him,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the angel who was speaking to me left, and another angel went out to talk to him.
George Lamsa Translation
And behold, the angel who was talking with me went forth, and another angel came to meet him.
Good News Translation
Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came to meet him.
Lexham English Bible
And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him.
Literal Translation
And, behold, the angel who was talking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
American Standard Version
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Bible in Basic English
And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And behold, the angel that talked with me, went his way foorth: Then went there out another angel to meete him,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,
English Revised Version
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
World English Bible
Behold, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And lo! the aungel that spak in me, wente out, and another aungel wente out in to the metyng of hym, and seide to hym,
Update Bible Version
And, look, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
New English Translation
At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him
New King James Version
And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,
New Living Translation
Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
New Life Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,
New Revised Standard
Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And lo! the messenger who was talking with me, coming forward, - and another messenger, coming forward to meet him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
Revised Standard Version
And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,
Young's Literal Translation
And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beholde, the angel that talked wt me, wente his waye forth. Then wete there out another angel to mete him,

Contextual Overview

1 This time I saw someone holding a measuring line, 2 and I asked, "Where are you going?" "To measure Jerusalem," was the answer. "To find out how wide and long it is." 3 The angel who had spoken to me was leaving, when another angel came up to him 4 and said, "Hurry! Tell that man with the measuring line that Jerusalem won't have any boundaries. It will be too full of people and animals even to have a wall. 5 The Lord himself has promised to be a protective wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem, and he will be its shining glory in the heart of the city."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 4:5, Zechariah 5:5

and another: Zechariah 1:8, Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 1:11

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:38 - hath Ezekiel 1:14 - General Daniel 7:16 - one Daniel 8:13 - one saint Zechariah 3:1 - he

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2

The Seventh Day

By the seventh day God had finished his work, and so he rested.
Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it special because on that day he rested from his work.
Genesis 2:4
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
Genesis 2:7
The Lord God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.
Genesis 2:8
The Lord made a garden in a place called Eden, which was in the east, and he put the man there.
Genesis 2:10
From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.
Genesis 2:11
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
Genesis 2:12
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
Genesis 2:13
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:14
The Tigris River that flows east of Assyria is the third, and the fourth is the Euphrates River.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth,.... See Zechariah 1:9 and he "went forth" from the place where the prophet was, with whom he had been conversing:

and another angel went out to meet him: the same that was seen among the myrtle trees, Zechariah 1:8 and here, with a measuring line in his hand, Zechariah 2:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The angel that talked with me went forth - Probably to receive the explanation which was given him for Zechariah; and another angel, a higher angel, since he gives him a commission, “went forth to meet him,” being (it seems probable) instructed by the Angel of the Lord, who laid down the future dimensions of the city. The indefiniteness of the description, another angel, implies that he was neither the Angel of the Lord, nor (were they different) Michael, or the man with the measuring line, but an angel of intermediate rank, instructed by one higher, instructing the lower, who immediately instructed Zechariah.


 
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