Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationshaving the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
having the glory of God, and her light is like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal,
having the glory ofGod. Her shining [was] like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both