Revelation 21:12
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21:12It has28 a massive, high wall29 with twelve gates,30 with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel31 are written on the gates.32
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- 28 Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.
- 29 Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”
- 30 On this term πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces … of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem … οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”
- 31 Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.
- 32 Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed—
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The city had a massive high wall, with twelve gates. Twelve angels were at the gates; the names of the twelve tribes of Israel’s sons were inscribed on the gates.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The city wall was broad and high, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. And the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
It has a great and high wall that has twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on the gates which are of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel—
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KJV 1900King James Version
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
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