Zechariah 2:3
What does Zechariah 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
KJV
King James Version · 1611And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the angel who was talking to me went out, and another angel went out, and, meeting him,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and another angel went forth to meet him,
Context
v.2Then 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.
v.3This passage
v.4and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zechariah 1:13
And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words, even comfortable words.
- Zechariah 4:5
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
- Zechariah 4:1
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
- Zechariah 1:8
I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.
- Zechariah 5:5
Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
- Zechariah 1:19
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
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