Revelation 21:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ And the angel who spoke to me [See verse 9] had a golden measuring stick with which to measure the city, its gates and its wall.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed, in order to measure the City, and its gates and wall.

Revelation 21:15 Cross References

Revelation 21:12

It had a very high wall [around it], with twelve angels [stationed] at its twelve gates. The names written on the gates were those of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.

Revelation 21:16

Now the city is laid out as a perfect square; its length is the same as its width. So, he measured the city with the stick [and found it to be] fifteen hundred miles each way; its length and width and height all being the same.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were made of twelve pearls, with each gate being made of a single pearl. And the street of the city was made of pure gold, as transparent as glass.

Revelation 21:25

And the gates of the city will never be closed during the daytime (for there will never be nighttime there).