Revelation 21:19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
KJV
οἱ θεμέλιοι τοῦ τείχους τῆς πόλεως παντὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ κεκοσμημένοι· ὁ θεμέλιος ὁ πρῶτος ἴασπις, ὁ δεύτερος σάπφειρος, ὁ τρίτος χαλκεδών, ὁ τέταρτος σμάραγδος,
Greek NT
Et fundamenta muri civitatis omni lapide pretioso ornata. Fundamentum primum, jaspis : secundum, sapphirus : tertium, calcedonius : quartum, smaragdus :
Vulgate
The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
ASV
And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Ezek 28:13 · echo"Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabret…"Ezekiel: precious stones — foundations of the new Jerusalem
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- οἱ — SBLGNT
- οἱ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- καὶ οἱ — Tregelles
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§117The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Bapt…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:10 — According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
- 1Kgs 7:10 — And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- Exod 28:17 — And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exod 28:17 — And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exod 39:10 — And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
- Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
- Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Job 28:6 — The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
- Job 28:16 — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Rev 4:3 — And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Rev 21:14 — And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
- Rev 21:18 — And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.