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The city had wall that was both wide and high, with twelve gates and twelve messengers at the gates. The gates had the names of the twelve tribes (from Israel’s twelve sons) written on them.[ref]OET-LV having a_wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names having_been_inscribed, which is of_the twelve tribes of_the_sons of_Israaʸl/(Yisərāʼēl).
SR-GNT ἔχουσα τεῖχος μέγα καὶ ὑψηλόν, ἔχουσα πυλῶνας δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς πυλῶνας ἀγγέλους δώδεκα, καὶ ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα, ἅ ἐστιν τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. ‡
(eⱪousa teiⱪos mega kai hupsaʸlon, eⱪousa pulōnas dōdeka, kai epi tous pulōnas angelous dōdeka, kai onomata epigegrammena, ha estin tōn dōdeka fulōn huiōn Israaʸl.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT having a great and high wall having 12 gates and 12 angels at the gates and names having been written that are the 12 tribes of the sons of Israel.
UST A very high wall surrounded the city. The wall had twelve gates. An angel stood at each gate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel appeared over the gates. Each gate had the name of one tribe.
BSB The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
BLB having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names having been inscribed which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
AICNT It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, [and at the gates twelve angels,] and names {inscribed}, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel;
OEB It had a great high wall, in which were twelve gates; and at these gates there were twelve angels, and there were names inscribed on the gates, the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.
WEB having a great and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
NET It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates.
LSV also having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel—
FBV The city wall was high and thick, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. On the gates were inscribed the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
TCNT It had a great, high wall with twelve gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
T4T Around the city was a very high wall. The wall had twelve gates. An angel was at each gate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written {God had written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel} over the gates. Each gate had the name of one tribe.
LEB It has a great and high wall that has twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written onthe gates which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel—
BBE She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
MOF No MOF REV book available
ASV having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
DRA And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
YLT having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are [those] of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,
DBY having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of [the] sons of Israel.
RV having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
WBS having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
KJB And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
BB And had walles great and hye, & had 12 gates, and at the gates 12 angels, & names written, which are the names of the 12 tribes of Israel.
(And had walles great and hye, and had 12 gates, and at the gates 12 angels, and names written, which are the names of the 12 tribes of Israel.)
GNV And had a great wall and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, and the names written, which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.
(And had a great wall and hie, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve Angels, and the names written, which are the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.)
CB & had greate and hye walles, and had twolue gates, and at ye gates twolue angels: and names wrytten, which are the twolue trybes of Israel:
(& had great and high walles, and had twelve gates, and at ye/you_all gates twelve angels: and names written, which are the twelve trybes of Israel:)
TNT and had walles grett and hye and had xii gates and at the gates xii. angels: and names written which are the xii. trybes of Israell:
(and had walles great and high and had xii gates and at the gates 12 angels: and names written which are the 12 trybes of Israell:)
WYC And it hadde a walle greet and hiy, hauynge twelue yatis, and in the yatis of it twelue aungels, and names writun in, that ben the names of twelue lynagis of the sones of Israel; fro the east thre yatis,
(And it had a walle great and hiy, having twelve yatis, and in the yatis of it twelve angels, and names written in, that been the names of twelve lynagis of the sons of Israel; from the east three yatis,)
LUT Und hatte große und hohe Mauern und hatte zwölf Tore und auf den Toren zwölf Engel und Namen geschrieben, welche sind die zwölf Geschlechter der Kinder Israel:
(And had large and hohe Mauern and had zwölf Tore and on the Toren zwölf angel and names written, welche are the zwölf Geschlechter the children Israel:)
CLV Et habebat murum magnum, et altum, habentem portas duodecim: et in portis angelos duodecim, et nomina inscripta, quæ sunt nomina duodecim tribuum filiorum Israël:
(And habebat murum magnum, and altum, habentem portas duodecim: and in portis angelos duodecim, and nomina inscripta, which are nomina duodecim tribuum filiorum Israël:)
UGNT ἔχουσα τεῖχος μέγα καὶ ὑψηλόν, ἔχουσα πυλῶνας δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν ἀγγέλους δώδεκα, καὶ ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα, ἅ ἐστιν τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ;
(eⱪousa teiⱪos mega kai hupsaʸlon, eⱪousa pulōnas dōdeka, kai epi tois pulōsin angelous dōdeka, kai onomata epigegrammena, ha estin tōn dōdeka fulōn huiōn Israaʸl?)
SBL-GNT ἔχουσα τεῖχος μέγα καὶ ὑψηλόν, ἔχουσα πυλῶνας δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπὶ ⸂τοῖς πυλῶσιν⸃ ἀγγέλους δώδεκα, καὶ ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα ἅ ⸀ἐστιν τῶν δώδεκα ⸀φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·
(eⱪousa teiⱪos mega kai hupsaʸlon, eⱪousa pulōnas dōdeka, kai epi ⸂tois pulōsin⸃ angelous dōdeka, kai onomata epigegrammena ha ⸀estin tōn dōdeka ⸀fulōn huiōn Israaʸl;)
TC-GNT ἔχουσα τεῖχος μέγα καὶ ὑψηλόν, ἔχουσα πυλῶνας δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν ἀγγέλους δώδεκα, καὶ ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα, ἅ ἐστιν ὀνόματα τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
(eⱪousa teiⱪos mega kai hupsaʸlon, eⱪousa pulōnas dōdeka, kai epi tois pulōsin angelous dōdeka, kai onomata epigegrammena, ha estin onomata tōn dōdeka fulōn tōn huiōn Israaʸl.)
Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
21:12-14 In this vision, the twelve tribes of Israel represent the redeemed people of God (see 7:4-8; see also Rom 9:6-7). The foundation for this community of God’s redeemed is the twelve apostles of the Lamb. In Jesus, God’s promise to bless all of the families of the earth through Abraham has been fully realized (Gen 12:3).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ἔχουσα τεῖχος μέγα καὶ ὑψηλόν
having /a/_wall great and high
The terms great and high mean similar things. John is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “The city had a very high wall”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα, ἅ ἐστιν τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν
names /having_been/_inscribed which is ˱of˲_the twelve tribes
John is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “names having been written on the gates that are the names of the 12 tribes”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὀνόματα ἐπιγεγραμμένα
names /having_been/_inscribed
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, the context suggests that it was God. Alternate translation: “names that God had written”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ
˱of˲_/the/_sons ˱of˲_Israel
Here, sons figuratively means “descendants.” John is identifying the Israelites as descendants of their ancestor Israel (who was also known as Jacob). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “of the people of Israel”