Revelation 21:11

God's presence

⁹ Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

¹⁰ And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

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

¹² 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.

¹³ There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
KJV: Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
WEB: having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
ASV: having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
DARBY: having the glory of God. Her shining [was] like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;
BLB: having the glory of God. Its radiance [was] like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being clear as crystal,

ÅB: den hadde Guds herlighet, og dens lys var som den kosteligste stein, som krystallklar jaspis.
OTB: Den skinte med Guds herlighet, og dens glans var som en meget kostbar stein, som en jaspis, klar som krystall.
B1930: den hadde Guds herlighet, og dens lys var som den kosteligste sten, som krystallklar jaspis.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 4:6
And 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.
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Revelation 22:5
There 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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Revelation 22:1
Then 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
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Revelation 21:18–19
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
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Isaiah 60:19–20
No 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.
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Ezekiel 1:26
Above 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.
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Revelation 4:3
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
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Ezekiel 28:13–14
You 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.
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