Wahyu 16:21

16:21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds ¹  each, fell from heaven ²  on people, ³  but they ⁴  blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it ⁵  was so horrendous. ⁶ 

Wahyu 21:16

21:16 Now ⁷  the city is laid out as a square, ⁸  its length and width the same. He ⁹  measured the city with the measuring rod ¹⁰  at fourteen hundred miles ¹¹  (its length and width and height are equal).

[16:21]  ¹ tn Here BDAG 988 s.v. ταλαντιαῖος states, “weighing a talent…χάλαζα μεγάλη ὡς ταλαντιαία a severe hailstorm with hailstones weighing a talent (the talent=125 librae, or Roman pounds of c. 343 gr. or 12 ounces each) (weighing about a hundred pounds NRSV) Rv 16:21.” This means each hailstone would weigh just under 100 pounds or 40 kilograms.

[16:21]  ² tn Or “the sky.” Due to the apocalyptic nature of this book, it is probably best to leave the translation as “from heaven,” since God is ultimately the source of the judgment.

[16:21]  ³ tn Grk “on men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a generic sense to refer to people in general (the hailstones did not single out adult males, but would have also fallen on women and children).

[16:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “the men”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun “they” is used here.

[16:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “the plague of it.”

[16:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “since the plague of it was exceedingly great.”

[21:16]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the somewhat parenthetical nature of the description of the city.

[21:16]  ⁸ tn Or “the city lies square.” On κεῖμαι (keimai) in this context, BDAG 537 s.v. 2 states, “lie, of things…ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16.”

[21:16]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “with the rod”; the word “measuring” is supplied from the description in v. 15.

[21:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers,” Grk “12,000 stades.” A stade was a measure of length about 607 ft (185 m).