Revelation 21:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 3:11 : 11 (For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)
  • Rev 7:4 : 4 And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.
  • Rev 13:18 : 18 Here is wisdom. He who has knowledge let him get the number of the beast; because it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred and sixty-six.
  • Rev 14:3 : 3 And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.
  • Rev 21:9 : 9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels in which were the seven last punishments, came and said to me, Come here, and see the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rev 21:14-16
    3 verses
    86%

    14And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

    15And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall.

    16And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high.

  • Rev 21:18
    81%

    18And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.

  • Ezek 40:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.

    6Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

  • Zech 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And lifting up my eyes I saw four horns.

    2And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.

  • Rev 11:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

    2But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.

  • Rev 21:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

    11Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:

    12She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Ezek 41:12-15
    4 verses
    76%

    12And the building which was in front of the separate place at the side to the west was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all round and ninety cubits long.

    13And he took the measure of the house; it was a hundred cubits long; and the separate place and the building with its walls was a hundred cubits long;

    14And the east front of the house and of the separate place was a hundred cubits wide.

    15And he took the measure of the building in front of the separate place which was at the back of it, and the pillared walks on one side and on the other side; they were a hundred cubits long; and the Temple and the inner part and its outer covered way were covered in;

  • Ezek 41:1-5
    5 verses
    75%

    1And he took me to the Temple, and took the measure of the uprights, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other.

    2And the door-opening was ten cubits wide; and the side walls of the door-opening were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

    3And he went inside and took the measure of the uprights of the door-opening, two cubits: and the door-opening, six cubits; and the side-walls of the door-opening were seven cubits on one side and seven cubits on the other.

    4And by his measure it was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide in front of the Temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

    5Then he took the measure of the wall of the house, which was six cubits; and of the side-rooms round the house, which were four cubits wide.

  • Ezek 48:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16And these will be its measures: the north side, four thousand five hundred, and the south side, four thousand five hundred, and on the east side, four thousand five hundred, and on the west side, four thousand five hundred.

    17And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.

  • Ezek 40:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Then he took the measure of the square across, from before the lower doorway inside to before the inner doorway outside, one hundred cubits. And he took me in the direction of the north,

    20And there was a doorway to the outer square, looking to the north; and he took the measure of it to see how wide and how long it was.

  • Ezek 40:32
    73%

    32And he took me into the inner square facing the east: and he took the measure of the doorway by these measures;

  • Ezek 40:35
    73%

    35And he took me to the north doorway: and he took the measure of it by these measures;

  • Ezek 40:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23And there was a doorway to the inner square opposite the doorway on the north, like the doorway on the east; and he took the measure from doorway to doorway, a hundred cubits.

    24And he took me to the south, and I saw a doorway looking to the south: and he took the measure of its rooms and its uprights and its covered ways by these measures.

  • Ezek 42:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

    20He took its measure on the four sides: and it had a wall all round, five hundred long and five hundred wide, separating what was holy from what was common.

  • Ezek 40:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47And he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.

    48Then he took me to the covered way before the house, and took the measure of its uprights, five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and the doorway was fourteen cubits wide; and the side-walls of the doorway were three cubits on one side and three cubits on the other.

  • Ezek 40:11-13
    3 verses
    72%

    11And he took the measure of the opening of the doorway, ten cubits wide; and the way down the doorway was thirteen cubits;

    12And the space in front of the rooms, a cubit on this side and a cubit on that side; and the rooms six cubits on this side and six cubits on that.

    13And he took the measure of the doorway from the back of one room to the back of the other, twenty-five cubits across, from door to door.

  • Ezek 40:3
    72%

    3He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.

  • Ezek 40:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27And there was a doorway to the inner square looking to the south: he took the measure from doorway to doorway to the south, a hundred cubits.

    28Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by these measures;

  • Ezek 42:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.

    16He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

    17And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

  • Ezek 40:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8And he took the measure of the covered way of the doorway inside,

    9Eight cubits; and its uprights, two cubits; the covered way of the doorway was inside.

  • Rev 21:21
    71%

    21And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.

  • Ezek 41:17
    71%

    17And there was a roof over the doorway and as far as the inner house, and to the outside and on the wall all round, inside and outside.

  • Ezek 48:30
    71%

    30And these are the outskirts of the town: on the north side, four thousand five hundred by measure;

  • Ezek 46:22
    70%

    22In the four angles there were spaces walled in, forty cubits long and thirty wide; the four were of the same size.

  • Ezek 47:3
    70%

    3And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.