Zechariah 2:2
Good News Translation
"Where are you going?" I asked. "To measure Jerusalem," he answered, "to see how long and how wide it is."

New Revised Standard Version
Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its 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."

New American Bible
I asked, “Where are you going?” And he said, “To measure Jerusalem—to see how great its width is and how great its length.”

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Whither.

Zechariah 5:10 And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

John 16:5 But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me: Whither goest thou?

To.

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

Ezekiel 45:6 And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, according to the separation of the sanctuary, for the whole house of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:15-17,30-35 But the five thousand that remain in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city for dwelling, and for suburbs and the city shall be in the midst thereof. . . .

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 21:15-17 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.3And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.…
Cross References
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.

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.

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.

Zechariah 2:1
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