Parallel Verses

Goodspeed New Testament

He measured the wall and it was about 144 cubits (216 feet), as men measure, for that was the way the angel measured.

New American Standard Bible

And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.

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.

Holman Bible

Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used.

International Standard Version

He also measured its wall. According to the human measurement that the angel was using, it was 144 cubits.

A Conservative Version

And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four forearms, a measure of a man, that is, of a heavenly agent.

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.

Amplified

He measured its wall also—a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man’s measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements].

An Understandable Version

And he measured its wall [and found it to be] two hundred and sixteen feet [high], according to human measurements which the angel was using.

Anderson New Testament

And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

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.

Common New Testament

He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man's measure, which is also an angel's.

Daniel Mace New Testament

he measured the wall, and it was an hundred and forty four cubits, according to the common measure, which was what the angel employed.

Darby Translation

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

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

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

Godbey New Testament

And he measured the wall of it, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of the man, that is of the angel.

John Wesley New Testament

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred forty-four reeds, the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Julia Smith Translation

And he measured her wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is the angel.

King James 2000

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits {according to human measure}, which is the angel's.

Modern King James verseion

And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he measured the wall thereof a hundred and forty four cubits: the measure that the angel had was after the measure that man useth.

Moffatt New Testament

he made the measure of the wall seventy-two yards, by human, that is, by angelic reckoning.

Montgomery New Testament

And he measured its wall, two hundred and sixteen feet, man's measure, which is an angel's.

NET Bible

He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel's.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and fortyfour cubits, according to a mans measure, which is that of an angel.

Sawyer New Testament

And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which was of the angel.

The Emphasized Bible

And he measured the wall thereof, - a hundred and forty-four cubits: the measure of a man, which is the measure of a messenger.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

He measured also the wall of it a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, for such is that of an angel.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Then he measured the wall; it was two hundred and eighty-eight feet, as men measure, that is as the angel measured.

Webster

And he measured the wall of it a hundred and forty four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

Weymouth New Testament

And he measured the wall of it--a wall of a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to human measure, which was also that of the angel.

Williams New Testament

He measured its wall, two hundred and sixteen feet as a man measures, which is the way the angel measured.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

And he measured the wall of it an hundred forty four cubits according to the measure of a man, for such was that of the angel.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

μετρέω 
metreo 
Usage: 6

the wall
τεῖχος 
Teichos 
Usage: 9


Usage: 0

an hundred
ἑκατόν 
hekaton 
Usage: 8

and forty
τεσσαράκοντα 
Tessarakonta 
Usage: 22

and four
τέσσαρες τέσσαρα 
Tessares 
Usage: 40

πῆχυς 
Pechus 
Usage: 2

μέτρον 
metron 
Usage: 8

of a man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

Context Readings

A Description Of The New Jerusalem

16 The city was a square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height were the same. 17 He measured the wall and it was about 144 cubits (216 feet), as men measure, for that was the way the angel measured. 18 The material of the wall was jasper, but the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass.


Cross References

Revelation 7:4

I heard that the number of those that were marked with the seal was 144,000. They were from every tribe of the children of Israel:

Revelation 13:18

There is wisdom hidden here! Let everyone of intelligence calculate the animal's number, for it indicates a certain man; its number is 666.

Revelation 14:3

They were singing a new song before the throne and the four animals and the elders, and no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been ransomed from the earth.

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

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