“And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.”
King James Version (KJV)
21:18 And the building of the wall was jasper - That is, the wall was built of jasper. And the city - The houses, was of pure gold.
Re 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper. A brightly radiant stone. See Re 21:11. And the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass. The symbols indicate that the city is beautiful and rich beyond conception. The costliest materials known to mortals are named in order to give us some idea.
And the building of the wall of it was of Iasper, and the city was pure gold, like vnto cleare glasse.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.
- Basic English Bible
And the building of its wall [was] jasper; and the city pure gold, like pure glass:
- Darby Bible
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
- Webster's Bible
The solid fabric of the wall was jasper; and the city itself was made of gold, resembling transparent glass.
- Weymouth Bible
The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
- World English Bible
And the bildyng of the wal therof was of the stoon iaspis. And the citee it silf was clene gold, lijk clene glas.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city [is] pure gold -- like to pure glass;
- Youngs Literal Bible