Revelation 21:16

New King James Version

¹⁶The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand ^[a]furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

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Revelation 21:16 Lit. stadia, about 1,380 miles in all

Revelation 21:16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^[a]rod, ^[b]twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal.

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Revelation 21:16 Lit reed
Revelation 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m

Revelation 21:16

Amplified Bible

¹⁶The city is laid out as a square, its length being the same as its width; and he measured the city with his rod—twelve thousand stadia (about 1,400 miles); its length and width and height are equal.

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Revelation 21:16

New International Version

¹⁶The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia^[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long.

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Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers

Revelation 21:16

King James Version

¹⁶And 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.

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