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Revelation 21:17
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Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred, and fourtie, and foure cubites, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the Angel.
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.
And he measured its wall, 144 cubits, by human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.
The angel also measured the wall. It was 216 feet high, by human measurements, which the angel was using.
He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement.
And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements.
And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
He measured its wall at 216 feet by human standards of measurement, which the angel was using.
And he measured its wall, a hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [a] man's measure, that is, [the] angel's.
The angel also measured the wall. It was 144 cubits high. (The angel was using the same measurement that people use.)
And hee measured the wall thereof, an hundreth fourtie and foure cubites, by the measure of man, that is, of the Angell.
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.
The angel also measured the wall, and it was 216 feet high, according to the standard unit of measure which he was using.
And he measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measure, which is the angel's.
And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty four cubits, a measure of a man, which is of an angel.
He measured its wall also—a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man's measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements].
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.
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.
He measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
He also measured its wall. According to the human measurement that the angel was using it was 144 cubits.[fn]
And he measured the wall of it, an hundred and forty and four measures of the cubits of a man, that is, of the angel.
And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty and four measures of the cubits of a man, that is, of the angel.
And he measured the wall thereof an hundreth and fourtie and foure cubites, by the measure of man, that is of the angell.
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.
He measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred forty-four reeds, the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
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.
And he mat the wallis of it, of an hundrid and `foure and fourti cubitis, bi mesure of man, that is, of an aungel.
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.
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.
He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel's.
Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel).
The angel found out that the walls were the same as a man taking seventy-two long steps. The angel used the same way to find out about the city as a man would have used.
He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using.
And he measured the wall thereof, - a hundred and forty-four cubits: the measure of a man, which is the measure of a messenger.
And he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.
He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man's measure, that is, an angel's.
And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the measure that ye angell had was after the measure that man vseth.
and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
And he measured the wall therof, an cxliiij. cubittes, after ye measure of a man, which the angel had.
he measured the wall, and it was an hundred and forty four cubits, according to the common measure, which was what the angel employed.
He measured the wall to be 216 feet high.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
an: Revelation 7:4, Revelation 14:3
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:2 - threescore Isaiah 8:1 - a man's pen Revelation 13:18 - the number Revelation 21:12 - a wall
Cross-References
Later the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision, "Abram, don't be afraid! I will protect you and reward you greatly."
The angel said, "Go back to Sarai and be her slave.
The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise.
Although Abraham was very old, Sarah had a son exactly at the time God had said.
and when the boy was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, just as the Lord had commanded.
and Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Now everyone will laugh with me.
but the son of the slave woman is also your son, and I will make his descendants into a great nation."
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba,
God said, "I am God, the same God your father worshiped. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation.
The Lord said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,.... The root of which is twelve, for twelve times twelve is a hundred and forty four; which number is mystical and apostolical, and suited to the perfect state of this church: hence twelve gates, and twelve angels at them, and the names of the twelve tribes on them, and twelve foundations of the wall, and twelve thousand furlongs, the measure of the city.
According to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel; who talked with John, and measured the city, gates, and wall, and who appeared in the form of a man; and his reed might be, as some have supposed, the length of a man, six cubits, or six feet, as in Ezekiel 40:5 and may denote that this business requires the utmost wisdom and understanding of a man, and even of an angel, to look into, and find out; see
Revelation 13:18 and also may signify the angelic state of the saints at this time, when the children of the resurrection will be like the angels of God, for immortality and glory.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he measured the wall thereof - In respect to its “height.” Of course, its length corresponded with the extent of the city.
An hundred and forty and four cubits - This would be, reckoning the cubit at eighteen inches, two hundred and sixteen feet. This is less than the height of the walls of Babylon, which Herodotus says were three hundred and fifty feet high. See the introduction to chapter 13 of Isaiah. As the walls of a city are designed to protect it from external foes, the height mentioned here gives all proper ideas of security; and we are to conceive of the city itself as towering immensely above the walls. Its glory, therefore, would not be obscured by the wall that was thrown around it for defense.
According to the measure of a man - The measure usually employed by men. This seems to be added in order to prevent any mistake as to the size of the city. It is an “angel” who makes the measurement, and without this explanation it might perhaps be supposed that he used some measure not in common use among people, so that, after all, it would be impossible to form any definite idea of the size of the city.
That is, of the angel - That is, “which is the measure employed by the angel.” It was, indeed, an angel who measured the city, but the measure which he employed was that in common use among people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 21:17. The wall-a hundred and forty and four cubits — This is twelve, the number of the apostles, multiplied by itself: for twelve times twelve make one hundred and forty-four.
The measure of a man, that is, of the angel. — The cubit, so called from cubitus, the elbow, is the measure from the tip of the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and is generally reckoned at one foot and a half, or eighteen inches; though it appears, from some measurements at the pyramids of Egypt, that the cubit was, at least in some cases, twenty-one inches.
By the cubit of a man we may here understand the ordinary cubit, and that this was the angel's cubit who appeared in the form of a man. Or suppose we understand the height of the man as being here intended, and that this was the length of the measuring rod. Now allowing this height and rod to be six feet, and that this was intended to have some kind of symbolical reference to the twelve tribes, mentioned Revelation 21:12, represented by the twelve gates; and to the twelve apostles, represented by the twelve thresholds or foundations; then twenty-four, the number of the tribes and apostles, multiplied by six, make precisely the number one hundred and forty-four.
