KJV King James Version
And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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Revelation 21:18
And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
WEB World English Bible
The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
ASV American Standard Version
And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city is pure gold—like to pure glass;
Surrounding context — Revelation 21
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 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.
18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐνδώμησιςG1739 · endomēsismaterialτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoτείχουςG5038 · teichoswallαὐτῆςG846 · autosit/s/heἴασπις,G2393 · iaspisjasperκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόλιςG4172 · poliscityχρυσίονG5553 · chrusiongoldκαθαρὸνG2513 · katharoscleanὅμοιονG3664 · homoioslikeὑάλῳG5194 · hualosglassκαθαρῷ.G2513 · katharosclean
Cross-references
Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;Revelation 21:21And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure gold, as it were transparent glass.Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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