Zechariah 2:3
New International Version
While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him

New Living Translation
Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.

English Standard Version
And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him

Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him

King James Bible
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

New King James Version
And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him,

New American Standard Bible
And behold, the angel who had been speaking with me was going out, and another angel was going out to meet him.

NASB 1995
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

NASB 1977
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him

Amplified Bible
And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him,

Christian Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

American Standard Version
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Angel who spoke with me went out and another Angel came to meet him

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,

Contemporary English Version
The angel who had spoken to me came toward me, when another angel came up to him

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.

English Revised Version
And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the angel who was speaking with me left. Another angel came out to meet him

Good News Translation
Then I saw the angel who had been speaking to me step forward, and another angel came to meet him.

International Standard Version
Look! That angel who was talking to me left, and another angel came forward to meet him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Literal Standard Version
And behold, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

Majority Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him

New American Bible
Then the angel who spoke with me advanced as another angel came out to meet him

NET Bible
At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him

New Revised Standard Version
Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him,

New Heart English Bible
Look, the angel who talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

World English Bible
Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, the messenger who is speaking with me is going out, and another messenger is going out to meet him,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Vision of the Measuring Line
2“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.” 3Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him 4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.…

Cross References
Zechariah 1:9
"What are these, my lord?" I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, "I will show you what they are."

Zechariah 2:4
and said to him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.


Treasury of Scripture

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

the angel.

Zechariah 1:9,13,14,19
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be

Zechariah 4:1,5
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, …

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.

and another.

Zechariah 1:8,10,11
I saw by 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 were there red horses, speckled, and white…

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Zechariah 2
1. God, in the care of Jerusalem, sends to measure it.
6. The redemption of Zion.
10. The promise of God's presence.














Verse 3. - Went forth. The interpreting angel leaves the prophet, and goes away to meet another angel who advances from the opposite side. Septuagint, εἰστήκει, "stood." Another angel went out; went forth, the word being the same as before. This latter angel, sent by God with a revelation, is superior to the interpreter, as the latter receives the message from him to deliver to the prophet.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then
וְהִנֵּ֗ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the angel
הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ (ham·mal·’āḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

who was speaking
הַדֹּבֵ֥ר (had·dō·ḇêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

with me went out,
יֹצֵ֑א (yō·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and another
אַחֵ֔ר (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

angel
וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ (ū·mal·’āḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

came out
יֹצֵ֖א (yō·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to meet him
לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃ (liq·rā·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way


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