Revelation 4:3

4:3 And the one seated on it was like jasper ¹  and carnelian ²  in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald ³  encircled the throne.

Revelation 21:19

21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated ⁴  with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, ⁵  the fourth emerald,

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¹ tn Grk “jasper stone.”

sn Jasper was a semiprecious gemstone, probably green in color (L&N 2.30).

² sn Carnelian was a semiprecious gemstone, usually red in color (L&N 2.36).

³ tn Or “a rainbow emerald-like in appearance.”

⁴ tn The perfect participle here has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect.

⁵ sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32).