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Wycliffe Bible

Zechariah 2:2

And Y seide, Whidir goist thou? And he seide to me, That Y mete Jerusalem, and Judee; hou myche is the breede therof, and hou myche is the lengthe therof.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sciences;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Line;   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:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I asked, “Where are you going?”
Hebrew Names Version
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
King James Version (1611)
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And hee said vnto me, To measure Ierusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
New Century Version
I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
Amplified Bible
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide I, Whither goest thou? And he saide vnto me, To measure Ierusalem, that I may see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
Legacy Standard Bible
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is."
Berean Standard Bible
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he replied, "and to determine its width and length."
Contemporary English Version
and I asked, "Where are you going?" "To measure Jerusalem," was the answer. "To find out how wide and long it is."
Complete Jewish Bible
I asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these?" He answered, "These are the horns that scattered Y'hudah, Isra'el and Yerushalayim."
Darby Translation
And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Easy-to-Read Version
I asked him, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
George Lamsa Translation
And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.
Good News Translation
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered, "to see how long and how wide it is."
Lexham English Bible
And I asked, "Where are you going?" And he answered me, "To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length."
Literal Translation
And I said, 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
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.
Bible in Basic English
And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I said unto the angel that spoke with me: 'What are these?' And he said unto me: 'These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.'
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then saide I: whyther goest thou? And he said vnto me: To measure Hierusalem, that I may see how long and how broade it is.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
Update Bible Version
Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the width thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [is] its breadth, and what [is] its length.
New English Translation
I asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length."
New King James Version
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."
New Living Translation
"Where are you going?" I asked. He replied, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
New Life Bible
So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To see how long and how wide Jerusalem is."
New Revised Standard
Then I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And I said, Whither art thou going? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what should be the breadth thereof, and what the length thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
Then I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length."
Young's Literal Translation
And I say, `Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, `To measure Jerusalem, to see how much [is] its breadth, and how much its length.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then saide I: whether goest thou? And he sayde vnto me: To measure Ierusalem, that I maye se how longe and how brode it is.

Contextual Overview

1 And Y reiside myn iyen, and siy, and lo! a man, and lo! in his hoond a litil coorde of meteris. 2 And Y seide, Whidir goist thou? And he seide to me, That Y mete Jerusalem, and Judee; hou myche is the breede therof, and hou myche is the lengthe therof. 3 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, 4 Renne thou, speke to this child, and seie thou, Jerusalem shal be enhabitid with out wal, for the multitude of men and of beestis in the myddil therof. 5 And Y schal be to it, seith the Lord, a wal of fier in cumpas; and Y schal be in glorie in myddil therof.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whither: Zechariah 5:10, John 16:5

unto: Jeremiah 31:39, Ezekiel 45:6, Ezekiel 48:15-17, Ezekiel 48:30-35, Revelation 11:1, Revelation 21:15-17

Reciprocal: Job 38:5 - who hath stretched Ezekiel 40:3 - with Amos 7:7 - a wall Zechariah 1:16 - and Zechariah 1:19 - What

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
And God seiy alle thingis whiche he made, and tho weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the sixte day.
Genesis 2:8
Forsothe the Lord God plauntide at the bigynnyng paradis of likyng, wherynne he settide man whom he hadde formed.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the o ryuer is Fyson, thilke it is that cumpassith al the lond of Euilath, where gold cometh forth,
Exodus 23:12
Sixe dayes thou schalt worche, in the seuenthe dai thou schalt ceesse, that thin oxe and asse reste, and the sone of thin handmaide, and the comelyng be refreischid.
Exodus 31:17
it is a couenaunt euerlastinge bitwixe me and the sones of Israel, and it is `a signe euerlastynge; for in sixe daies God made heuene and erthe, and in the seuenthe day he ceessid of werk.
Deuteronomy 5:14
the seventhe day is `of sabat, that is the reste of thi Lord God. Thou schalt not do therynne ony thing of werk; thou, and thi sone, and douyter, seruaunt, and handmaide, and oxe, and asse, and `al thi werk beeste, and the pilgrym which is with ynne thi yatis; that thi seruaunt reste and thin handmaide, as also thou.
Isaiah 58:13
If thou turnest awei thi foot fro the sabat, to do thi wille in myn hooli dai, and clepist the sabat delicat, and hooli, the gloriouse of the Lord, and glorifiest him, while thou doist not thi weies, and thi wille is not foundun, that thou speke a word;
John 5:17
And Jhesus answeride to hem, My fadir worchith til now, and Y worche.
Hebrews 4:4
he seide thus in a place of the seuenthe dai, And God restide in the seuenthe dai from alle hise werkis.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said I, Whither goest thou?.... As it showed great freedom and boldness in the prophet to put such a question to the man with the measuring reed, it was great condescension in him to return him an answer, as follows:

and he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem; not literally understood, which was not yet thoroughly built; but the Gospel church, often so called; see Hebrews 12:22 and this measuring of it denotes the conformity of it to the rule of God's word; a profession of the true doctrines of it, and an observance of the ordinances of it, as delivered in it; and an agreement of the walk, life, and conversation of its members with it:

to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length thereof; the length of the New Jerusalem is as large as the breadth; its length, breadth, and height, are equal, Revelation 21:16.


 
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