◄ Ezekiel 40:3 ►
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Good News Translation
He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.

New Revised Standard Version
When he brought me there, a man was there, whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.

Contemporary English Version
In my vision the LORD took me closer, and I saw a man who was sparkling like polished bronze. He was standing near one of the gates and was holding a tape measure in one hand and a measuring stick in the other.

New American Bible
He brought me there, and there standing in the gateway was a man whose appearance was like bronze! He held in his hand a linen cord and a measuring rod.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Ezekiel 1:7,27 Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass. . . .

Daniel 10:5,6 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw: and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with the finest gold: . . .

Revelation 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace. And his voice as the sound of many waters.

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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.

Isaiah 8:20 To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.

Isaiah 28:17 And I will set judgment in weight, and justice in measure: and hail shall overturn the hope of falsehood: and waters shall overflow its protection.

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

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 Man with a Measuring Rod
…2In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain: upon which there was as the building of a city, bending towards the south. 3And 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.4And this man said to me: Son of man, see with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall shew thee: for thou art brought hither that they may be shewn to thee: declare all that thou seest, to the house of Israel.…
Cross References
Revelation 1:15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace. And his voice as the sound of many waters.

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.

Ezekiel 1:7
Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of glowing brass.

Ezekiel 41:1
And he brought me into the temple, and he measured the fronts six cubits broad on this side, and six cubits on that side, the breadth of the tabernacle.

Ezekiel 42:16
And he measured toward the east with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

Ezekiel 43:6
And I heard one speaking to me out of the house, and the man that stood by me,

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.

Daniel 10:6
And his body was like the chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lamp: and his arms, and all downward even to the feet, like in appearance to glittering brass: and the voice of his word like the voice of a multitude.

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

Zechariah 2:2
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.

Ezekiel 40:2
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