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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ואשא עיני וארא והנה איש ובידו חבל מדה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vASHA `yny vArA vhnh AySH vbydv KHbl mdh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et levavi oculos meos et vidi et ecce vir et in manu eius funiculus mensorum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Authorized (King James) Version   
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New King James Version   
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
21st Century King James Version   
I lifted up mine eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Darby Bible Translation   
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold a man, with a measuring line in his hand.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
God's Word   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
International Standard Version   
Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
NET Bible   
I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New American Standard Bible   
Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New International Version   
Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New Living Translation   
When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Webster's Bible Translation   
I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
The World English Bible   
I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then I looked up and I saw a man in front of me. He had a line in his hand. The line was to measure something.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
New Life Version   
Then I looked up and saw a man holding a string used to find the length of things.
The Voice Bible   
That night I had a third vision. I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Living Bible   
When I looked around me again, I saw a man carrying a yardstick in his hand.
New Catholic Bible   
I looked up and beheld four horns.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a measuring cord in his hand.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Christian Standard Bible   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New Century Version   
Then I looked up and saw a man holding a line for measuring things.
The Message   
I looked up and was surprised to see a man holding a tape measure in his hand. I said, “What are you up to?” “I’m on my way,” he said, “to survey Jerusalem, to measure its width and length.” Just then the Messenger-Angel on his way out met another angel coming in and said, “Run! Tell the Surveyor, ‘Jerusalem will burst its walls— bursting with people, bursting with animals. And I’ll be right there with her’—God’s Decree—‘a wall of fire around unwalled Jerusalem and a radiant presence within.’” * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Then I looked up, and I saw a man standing there with a measuring line in his hand.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Good News Translation®   
In another vision I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Wycliffe Bible   
And I raised mine eyes, and saw, and lo! a man, and lo! in his hand, a little cord of meters. (And I raised up my eyes, and saw, and lo! a man, and lo! in his hand, a little measuring cord.)
Contemporary English Version   
This time I saw someone holding a measuring line,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Then I looked up and saw a man. In his hand was a measuring line.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And I looked up, and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
I raised my eyes and looked and there were four horns.
New American Standard Bible   
Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
The Expanded Bible   
Then I looked up and saw a man holding a line for measuring things.
Tree of Life Version   
Then I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw four horns!
Revised Standard Version   
And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
New International Reader's Version   
Then I looked up and saw a man. He was holding a measuring line.
BRG Bible   
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Then I looked up and saw four horns.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and, hinei, a man with a measuring line in his hand!
Names of God Bible   
I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Modern English Version   
And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw a man with a measuring cord in his hand.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then I looked up and saw a man holding a rope for measuring things.
International Children’s Bible   
Then I looked up. And I saw a man holding a line for measuring things.
Lexham English Bible   
And I looked up and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope!
New International Version - UK   
Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand.