Revelation 21:17 “And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the an…”

Revelation 21:17

And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

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Cross references

“an”

Revelation 7:4 Revelation 14:3

Revelation 7:4 · BSB

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

Revelation 14:3 · BSB

And 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.

Also

Deuteronomy 3:11 Revelation 13:18 Revelation 21:9

Deuteronomy 3:11 · BSB

(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 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

18The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

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