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Revelation 21:15

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a measuring” (μέτρον) before reed here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λαλῶνlalōnhe that talkedλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that talked”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.he that talkedμετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meεἶχενeichenhadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.hadμέτρονmetronmeasureμέτρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “measure”, the object formG3358a measure, whether lineal or cubic; a measuring rod.κάλαμονkalamonreedκάλαμος (kalamos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “reed”, the object formG2563a reed; a reed-pen, reed-staff, measuring rod.reedχρυσοῦνchrusoungoldenχρυσοῦς (chrusous)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “golden”, the object formG5552golden, made of gold, adorned with gold.ἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toμετρήσῃmetrēsēmeasureμετρέω (metreō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “measure”, a single actionG3354I measure (out), estimate.This verse uses “measure”.measureτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the cityκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πυλῶναςpulōnasgatesπυλών (pulōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “gates”, the object formG4440a large gate; a gateway, porch, vestibule.the gatesαὐτῆςautēsthereofαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “thereof”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thereofκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τεῖχοςteichoswallτεῖχοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “wall”, the object formG5038a wall, especially of a city.the wallαὐτῆςautēsthereofαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “thereof”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thereof

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he who is speaking with me had a golden reed, that he may measure the city, and its gates, and its wall;

World English Bible

He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

And he that spoke with me, had a measure of a reed of gold, to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall.

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