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Revelation 21:20

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

KJV

ὁ πέμπτος σαρδόνυξ, ὁ ἕκτος σάρδιον, ὁ ἕβδομος χρυσόλιθος, ὁ ὄγδοος βήρυλλος, ὁ ἔνατος τοπάζιον, ὁ δέκατος χρυσόπρασος, ὁ ἑνδέκατος ὑάκινθος, ὁ δωδέκατος ἀμέθυστος.

Greek NT

quintum, sardonyx : sextum, sardius : septimum, chrysolithus : octavum, beryllus : nonum, topazius : decimum, chrysoprasus : undecimum, hyacinthus : duodecimum, amethystus.

Vulgate

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

ASV

The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βήρυλλος
berullos
noun · 1×
δέκατος
dekatos
adjective · 3×
δωδέκατος
dodekatos
adjective · 1×
πέμπτος
pemptos
adjective · 4×
σάρδιος
sardios
noun · 2×
σαρδόνυξ
sardonux
noun · 1×
τοπάζιον
topazion
noun · 1×
χρυσόλιθος
chrusolithos
noun · 1×
χρυσόπρασος
chrusoprasos
noun · 1×
ἀμέθυστος
amethustos
noun · 1×
ἑνδέκατος
endekatos
adjective · 3×
ἔννατος
ennatos
adjective · 10×
ἕβδομος
ebdomos
adjective · 9×
ἕκτος
ektos
adjective · 15×
o
article · 19778×
ὄγδοος
ogdoos
adjective · 5×
ὑάκινθος
uakinthos
noun · 1×

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

  • Dan 10:6 — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words lik
  • Ezek 10:9 — And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
  • 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.