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Revelation 21:16

And 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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “stadia” (σταδίους) before twelve here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “so great” (τοσοῦτόν) before is here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “stadia” (σταδίων) before twelve here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “are” (ἐστίν.) after equal here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πόλιςpoliscityπόλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the cityτετράγωνοςtetragōnosfoursquareτετράγωνοςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “foursquare”, the subject formG5068square, four-cornered.foursquareκεῖταιkeitaito layκεῖμαι (keimai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to lay”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2749I lie, recline, am placed, am laid, set, specially appointed, destined.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μῆκοςmēkoslengthμῆκοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “length”, the subject formG3372length.the lengthαὐτῆςautēsof itαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of itὅσονhosonjust asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “just as”, the subject formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πλάτοςplatoswidthπλάτοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “width”, the subject formG4114breadth.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐμέτρησενemetrēsento measureμετρέω (metreō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to measure”, a single actionG3354I measure (out), estimate.This verse uses “measure”.τὴνtēntheὁ (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.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καλάμῳkalamōreedκάλαμος (kalamos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “reed”, the to- or for-formG2563a reed; a reed-pen, reed-staff, measuring rod.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.σταδίουςstadiousstadiaστάδιος (stadios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “stadia”, the object formG4712(a) a stadium, one eighth of a Roman mile, (b) a race-course for public games.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “twelve”, the of-formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.χιλιάδωνchiliadōnthousandχιλιάς (chilias)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “thousand”, the of-formG5505a thousand, the number one thousand.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μῆκοςmēkoslengthμῆκοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “length”, the subject formG3372length.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πλάτοςplatoswidthπλάτοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “width”, the subject formG4114breadth.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὕψοςhupsosheightὕψοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “height”, the subject formG5311height, heaven; dignity, eminence.This verse uses “height”.αὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἴσαisaequalἴσος (isos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “equal”, the subject formG2470equal, equivalent, identical.This verse uses “equal”.equalἐστίνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοσοῦτόνtosoutonas largeτοσοῦτος (tosoutos)correlative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “as large”, the subject formG5118so great, so large, so long, so many.σταδίωνstadiōnfurlongsστάδιος (stadios)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “furlongs”, the of-formG4712(a) a stadium, one eighth of a Roman mile, (b) a race-course for public games.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐστίνestinareεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the city lieth square, and the length of it is as great as the breadth; and he did measure the city with the reed — furlongs twelve thousand; the length, and the breadth, and the height, of it are equal;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.

Darby Translation

And the city lies four-square, and its length [is] as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed — twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.

Douay-Rheims

And the city lieth in a foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs, and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal.

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