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Revelation 21:17
Revelation 21:17 is verse 17 of Revelation chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
144 cubits is approximately 216 feet or 65.8 meters. The measure could indicate either height or thickness.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
Read in context
Revelation 21:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
17 And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
Revelation 14:3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.