Revelation 21:18 - Easy To Read Version The wall was made of jasper. The city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wall was built of jasper, while the city [itself was of] pure gold, clear and transparent like glass. American Standard Version (1901) And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. Common English Bible The wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like pure glass. Catholic Public Domain Version And the structure of its wall was of jasper stone. Yet truly, the city itself was of pure gold, similar to pure glass. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass. |
Solomon put valuable stones in the temple for beauty. The gold Solomon used was gold from Parvaim. {\cf2\super [30]}
The city was shining with the glory of God. It was shining bright like a very expensive jewel, like a jasper. It was clear as crystal.
The foundation stones {\cf2\super [166]} of the city walls had every kind of expensive jewels in them. The first foundation stone was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, the fourth was emerald,
The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each gate was made from one pearl. The street of the city was made of pure gold. The gold was clear like glass.
Also before the throne there was something that looked like a sea of glass. It was clear like crystal.