REV 21:11 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) shining like God’s splendour—its brilliance being like a very precious stone—like a jasper stone shining like crystal.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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 the glory of God, its brilliance being like a most precious stone, like a stone of jasper shining like crystal.

UST The city was shining with brilliant light that came from God himself. It was sparkling like a priceless jasper gemstone, and it was clear like crystal.

BSB shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

BLB having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being clear as crystal,

AICNT having the glory of God, its light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

OEB Its brilliance was like a precious stone, like a jasper, transparent as crystal.

WEBBE having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

LSV having the glory of God, and her light—like a most precious stone, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

FBV shining with the glory of God's presence. The light sparkled like that from a gemstone, a jasper, clear and bright.

TCNT The city shone with the glory of God, and its radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

T4T It was shining with his glory. The city was shining like a very precious jasper stone shines, and it was clear like crystal.

LEB that has the glory of God. Its radiance is like a precious stone, something like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.

BBE Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:

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Wymth and bringing with it the glory of God. It shone with a radiance like that of a very precious stone—such as a jasper, bright and transparent.

ASV having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

DRA Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone, even as crystal.

YLT having the glory of God, and her light [is] like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,

Drby having the glory of [fn]God. Her shining [was] like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;

21.11 Elohim

RV having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

Wbstr Having the glory of God: and her light was like to a stone most precious, even like a jasper-stone, clear as crystal;

KJB-1769 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

KJB-1611 Hauing the glory of God: and her light was like vnto a stone most precious; euen like a iasper stone, cleare as christal,
(Hauing the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious; even like a iasper stone, clear as christal,)

Bshps Hauing the glorie of God: and her shining was lyke vnto a stone most precious, euen lyke a Iasper, cleare as Cristall.
(Hauing the glory of God: and her shining was like unto a stone most precious, even like a Yasper, clear as crystal.)

Gnva Hauing the glorie of God: and her shining was like vnto a stone most precious, as a Iasper stone cleare as crystall,
(Hauing the glory of God: and her shining was like unto a stone most precious, as a Yasper stone clear as crystall, )

Cvdl hauynge the brightnes of God. And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone most precious, euen a Iaspar cleare as cristall:
(hauynge the brightnes of God. And her shynynge was like unto a stone most precious, even a Yaspar clear as cristall:)

TNT havynge the brightnes of God. And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone moste precious even a Iaspar cleare as cristall:
(havynge the brightnes of God. And her shynynge was like unto a stone moste precious even a Yaspar clear as cristall: )

Wycl hauynge the clerete of God; and the liyt of it lijk a preciouse stoon, as the stoon iaspis, as cristal.
(hauynge the clerete of God; and the light of it like a precious stone, as the stone iaspis, as cristal.)

Luth Und hatte die Herrlichkeit Gottes; und ihr Licht war gleich dem alleredelsten Stein, einem hellen Jaspis.
(And had the Lordlichkeit God’s; and you/their/her light what/which gleich to_him alleredelsten Stein, one hellen Yaspis.)

ClVg habentem claritatem Dei: et lumen ejus simile lapidi pretioso tamquam lapidi jaspidis, sicut crystallum.[fn]
(habentem claritatem of_God: and lumen his simile lapidi pretioso tamquam lapidi yaspidis, like crystallum. )

21.11 Lumen. Ipsa Jerusalem cœlestis lucens pro modo suo, est similis Christo, qui fuit in proposito firmus, et lucens in virtutibus. Jaspidis. Durus est lapis hic, et viridis: sic Ecclesia nitet fide, et in ea firmata est.

21.11 Lumen. Ipsa Yerusalem cœlestis lucens for modo suo, it_is similis Christo, who fuit in proposito firmus, and lucens in virtutibus. Yaspidis. Durus it_is lapis hic, and viridis: so Ecclesia nitet fide, and in ea firmata it_is.

UGNT ἔχουσαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ. ὁ φωστὴρ αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ, ὡς λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι κρυσταλλίζοντι,
(eⱪousan taʸn doxan tou Theou. ho fōstaʸr autaʸs homoios lithōi timiōtatōi, hōs lithōi iaspidi krustallizonti,)

SBL-GNT ἔχουσαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ· ὁ φωστὴρ αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ, ὡς λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι κρυσταλλίζοντι·
(eⱪousan taʸn doxan tou theou; ho fōstaʸr autaʸs homoios lithōi timiōtatōi, hōs lithōi iaspidi krustallizonti;)

TC-GNT ἔχουσαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ· [fn]ὁ φωστὴρ αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ, ὡς λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι [fn]κρυσταλλίζοντι·
(eⱪousan taʸn doxan tou Theou; ho fōstaʸr autaʸs homoios lithōi timiōtatōi, hōs lithōi iaspidi krustallizonti; )

21:11 ο ¦ και ο TR

21:11 κρυσταλλιζοντι ¦ κρυσταλιζοντι BYZ PCK

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὁ φωστὴρ αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ

the radiance ˱of˲_it similar ˱to˲_/a/_stone most_precious

The point of this comparison is that the brilliance or luster of the city was bright and beautiful. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [its brilliance was bright and beautiful, like that of a most precious stone]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ, ὡς λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι

similar ˱to˲_/a/_stone most_precious as ˱to˲_/a/_stone jasper

These two phrases mean the same thing. The first is a general statement and the second is a specific example. John is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [like a very precious jasper stone]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἰάσπιδι κρυσταλλίζοντι

jasper crystalizing

See how you translated the word jasper in 4:3 and the word crystal in 4:6.

Parallel REV 21:11