Revelation 21:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
In context
15 The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
17 And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
Revelation 21:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
- KJV King James Version
- 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 World English Bible
- Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [a] man's measure, that is, [the] angel's.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he measured the wall of it a hundred and forty four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.