Revelation 21:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

He measured its wall also--144 cubits (about 72 yards) by a man's measure [of a cubit from his elbow to his third fingertip], which is [the measure] of the angel.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

He measured its wall also–144 cubits (about 72 yards) by a man's measure [of a cubit from his elbow to his third fingertip], which is [the measure] of the angel.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

He also measured its wall. The size of the wall was 144 cubits (65 metres). That is the way that humans measure things. The angel also measured in the same way.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The angel also measured the wall. It was 144 cubits high. (The angel was using the same measurement that people use.)

He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

And he measured its wall, 144 cubits, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He then measured its wall: two hundred feet by the measurement of a man, that is, of an angel.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He also measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits according to the standard unit of measurement the angel used.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He measured the wall of the city. It was 200 feet thick. The angel did the measuring as a man would.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (the angel used a standard human measure).

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

He also measured the wall at 144 cubits, according to the measure of a man, which is angelic.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then he measured the thickness of the walls and found them to be 216 feet across (the angel called out these measurements to me, using standard units).

English Tyndale 1537

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

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