Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. New Living Translation Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel). English Standard Version He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement. Berean Standard Bible And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using. Berean Literal Bible And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of man, that is of the angel. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. New American Standard Bible And he measured its wall, 144 cubits, by human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. NASB 1995 And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. NASB 1977 And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. Legacy Standard Bible And he measured its wall, 144 cubits, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. Amplified Bible He measured its wall also—a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man’s measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements]. Christian Standard Bible Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he measured its wall 144 cubits by the measure of a man, that is, of the Angel. Contemporary English Version Then the angel measured the wall, and by our measurements it was about 60 meters high. Douay-Rheims Bible And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He measured its wall. According to human measurement, which the angel was using, it was 144 cubits. Good News Translation The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using. International Standard Version He also measured its wall. According to the human measurement that the angel was using, it was 144 cubits. Literal Standard Version And he measured its wall—one hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger; Majority Standard Bible And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using. New American Bible He also measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits according to the standard unit of measurement the angel used. NET Bible He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel's. New Revised Standard Version He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using. New Heart English Bible Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by human measurement, that is, of an angel. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament And he measured the wall of it--a wall of a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to human measure, which was also that of the angel. World English Bible Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Young's Literal Translation and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger; Additional Translations ... Context The New Jerusalem…16The 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. 17And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using. 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.… Cross References 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 13:18 Here 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 21:9 Then 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 21:16 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. Treasury of Scripture 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. an. Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Revelation 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. Jump to Previous Angel Angelic Angel's Cubits Forty Forty-Four Four Human Hundred Measure Measured Measurement Measurements Messenger Seventy-Two Thereof Thick Using Wall YardsJump to Next Angel Angelic Angel's Cubits Forty Forty-Four Four Human Hundred Measure Measured Measurement Measurements Messenger Seventy-Two Thereof Thick Using Wall YardsRevelation 21 1. A new heaven and a new earth.10. The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof. 23. She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light. 24. The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her. (17) And he measured the wall thereof . . .--Better. And he measured its wall by an hundred and forty-four cubits (i.e., in height), man's measure, which is angel's. The measurement is in man's measure, but the reed was handled by an angel; the measure is true for men and true for angels; it may mean that the angel used the ordinary human measure, but may it not imply that the vision is true for all, for the earthly and for the heavenly? it is man's measure, it is angel's measure; the human will not find the picture untrue, though the city is not literal: it is figurative, but not mere figure. The recurrence of the number hundred and forty-four recalls us to the figurative character of the description. (Comp. Note on Revelation 7:4.) Verse 17. - And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits. (For the signification of the number, see on Revelation 7:4.) The parallel between the shape of the city as just related and the holy of holies (vide supra) almost seems to have insensibly suggested the transition from stadia to cubits. The discrepancy between the height of the city, which is twelve thousand furlongs (ver. 16), and the height of the wall, which is a hundred and forty-four cubits, has led to the suggestion that in the height of the city is included the hill on which it stands (Alford). Others understand that the wall is purposely described as of small height, because the writer wishes to indicate that "the most inconsiderable wall is sufficient to exclude all that is impure" (Dusterdieck). According to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel; of an angel. That is, the measure here used by the angel is that used by men (cf. "the number of a man," Revelation 13:18). |
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