Passage

Revelation 21.14

Book: Revelation · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"12. having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13. on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates."

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

"15. And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. 16. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal." (Revelation 21:12-16, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"12. having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13. On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates."

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

"15. He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. 16. The city is square, and its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal." (Revelation 21:12-16, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"12. And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13. On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates."

"14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."

"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." (Revelation 21:12-16, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"12. having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, 13. at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;"

"14. and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."

"15. And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall; 16. and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed, furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;" (Revelation 21:12-16, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Zeitgeist - Astrotheological Claims

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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