Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
And he measured its wall,
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.
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.
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.
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;
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Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 21:17
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Context Readings
A Description Of The New Jerusalem
16 And the city was built four square, and the length was as large as the breadth of it, and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the breadth, and the height of it, were equal. 17 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. 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper. And the city was pure gold like unto clear glass
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.
Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed, and there were sealed a hundred and forty four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath wit count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred, threescore and six.
Revelation 14:3
And they sang as it were a new song, before the seat, and before the four beasts, and the elders and no man could learn that song, but the hundred and forty four thousand which were redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 21:9
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues: and talked with me saying, "Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife."