When he brought me there, a man was there whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand, and he was standing in the gateway.
Revelation 21:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he who spoke to me had a golden measuring reed (rod) to measure the city and its gates and its wall. [Ezek. 40:5.] American Standard Version (1901) And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Common English Bible The angel who spoke to me had a gold measuring rod with which to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. Catholic Public Domain Version And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed, in order to measure the City, and its gates and wall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he that spoke with me, had a measure of a reed of gold, to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall. |
When he brought me there, a man was there whose appearance shone like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand, and he was standing in the gateway.
Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
It has a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates are inscribed the names that are the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites:
The city has four equal sides, its length the same as its width, and he measured the city with his rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal.
And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold, transparent as glass.