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Revelation 21

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Revelation 21 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

ASV: 1ASV

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

WEB: 2WEB

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

ASV: 2ASV

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

WEB: 3WEB

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people; and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

ASV: 3ASV

And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God:

WEB: 4WEB

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”

ASV: 4ASV

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

WEB: 5WEB

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

ASV: 5ASV

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

WEB: 6WEB

He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

ASV: 6ASV

And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

WEB: 7WEB

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

ASV: 7ASV

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

WEB: 8WEB

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

ASV: 8ASV

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

WEB: 9WEB

One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls which were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

ASV: 9ASV

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

WEB: 10WEB

He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

ASV: 10ASV

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

WEB: 11WEB

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

ASV: 11ASV

having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

WEB: 12WEB

having a great and high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

ASV: 12ASV

having a wall great and high; having 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:

WEB: 13WEB

On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.

ASV: 13ASV

on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

WEB: 14WEB

The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

ASV: 14ASV

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

WEB: 15WEB

He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.

ASV: 15ASV

And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

WEB: 16WEB

The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.

ASV: 16ASV

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

WEB: 17WEB

Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

ASV: 17ASV

And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

WEB: 18WEB

The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

ASV: 18ASV

And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

WEB: 19WEB

The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

ASV: 19ASV

The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

WEB: 20WEB

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

ASV: 20ASV

the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

WEB: 21WEB

The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

ASV: 21ASV

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

WEB: 22WEB

I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

ASV: 22ASV

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

WEB: 23WEB

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it and its lamp is the Lamb.

ASV: 23ASV

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

WEB: 24WEB

The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

ASV: 24ASV

And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

WEB: 25WEB

Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),

ASV: 25ASV

And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

WEB: 26WEB

and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.

ASV: 26ASV

and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:

WEB: 27WEB

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

ASV: 27ASV

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.