Revelation 21:17

In 9 translations

BSB

And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.144 cubits is approximately 216 feet or 65.8 meters. The measure could indicate either height or thickness.

KJV

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

WEB

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet

ASV

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

LSV

And he measured its wall—one hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

YLT

and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

DBY

And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [a] man's measure, that is, [the] angel's.

DRC

And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.

GNV

And hee measured the wall thereof, an hundreth fourtie and foure cubites, by the measure of man, that is, of the Angell.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ ἐμέτρησεν τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν, μέτρον ἀνθρώπου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου.

RP2018

Καὶ ἐμέτρησεν τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν, μέτρον ἀνθρώπου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἐμέτρησε τὸ τεῖχος αὐτῆς ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν, μέτρον ἀνθρώπου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου.

SCR1894

και εμετρησεν το τειχος αυτης εκατον τεσσαρακοντα τεσσαρων πηχων μετρον ανθρωπου ο εστιν αγγελου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
• Revelation 21:9Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
• Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
• Revelation 13:18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
• Revelation 14:3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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