Zechariah 2:1
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And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.

lifted.

Zechariah 1:18 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold four horns.

a man.

Zechariah 1:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem in mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the building line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 40:3,5 And he brought me in thither, and behold a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gate. . . .

Ezekiel 47:4 And again he measured a thousand, and he brought me through the water up to the knees.

Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed, like unto a rod. And it was said to me: Arise, and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that adore therein.

Revelation 21:15 And he that spoke with me had a measure of a reed of gold, to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall.

Context
The Vision of the Measuring Line
1And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.2And 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.…
Cross References
Revelation 11:1
And there was given me a reed, like unto a rod. And it was said to me: Arise, and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that adore therein.

Jeremiah 31:39
And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,

Ezekiel 40:3
And he brought me in thither, and behold a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gate.

Ezekiel 47:3
And when the man that had the line in his hand went out towards the east, he measured a thousand cubits: and he brought me through the water up to the ankles.

Zechariah 1:16
Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem in mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts: and the building line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

Lexicon
Then I lifted
וָאֶשָּׂ֥א (wā·’eś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

up my eyes
עֵינַ֛י (‘ê·nay)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and saw
וָאֵ֖רֶא (wā·’ê·re)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

a man
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

with a measuring
מִדָּֽה׃ (mid·dāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute

line
חֶ֥בֶל (ḥe·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

in his hand.
וּבְיָד֖וֹ (ū·ḇə·yā·ḏōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand


Additional Translations
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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.

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
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