Revelation 21:11

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“having the glory of God, and her light <FI>is<Fi> like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 21:11 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 28:17Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
  2. Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  3. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  4. Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  5. Ezekiel 1:22Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
  6. Ezekiel 1:26Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
  7. Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
  8. Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
  9. Ezekiel 43:2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
  10. Ezekiel 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
  11. Revelation 4:3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
  12. Revelation 4:6And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
  13. Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
  14. Revelation 21:18The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
  15. Revelation 21:22But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
  16. Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
  17. Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

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