17He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using.


In Context

14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.

17 He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man's measurement, which the angel was using.

18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.

19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Revelation 21:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred [and] forty [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, a man's measure, that is, the angel's.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall of it a hundred and forty four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.