And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;
And he that spoke with me had a golden reed [as] a measure, that he might measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both