He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze. He had a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod. He was standing in the gateway.
Revelation 21:15 - Tree of Life Version The angel speaking with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze. He had a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod. He was standing in the gateway.
I said to the angel speaking with me, ‘What are these?’ He said to me, ‘These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.’
She had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels. On the gates were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Bnei-Yisrael—
The city is laid out as a square—its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the rod—12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal.
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls—each of the gates was from a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, transparent as glass.
Its gates shall never be shut by day, for there shall be no night there!