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Revelation 21

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride dressed for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: Look — the dwelling of God is wit

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A new heaven and a new earth

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride dressed for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: Look — the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. And they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying. And there will be no more pain, because the old things have passed away. And the one seated on the throne said, Look — I am making everything new. And he said to me, Write this down, because these words are true and faithful. And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. The one who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God, and he will be my son. But the fearful and unbelieving and disgusting, and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, will have their part in the lake burning with fire and burning sulphur, which is the second death.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had gone, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, got ready like a bride dressed for her husband. And I heard a great voice from the throne say: Look — God's dwelling is with people, and he will live with them. They'll be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There'll be no more death, and no more grief or crying or pain, because the old order of things has passed away. And the one sitting on the throne said: Look — I am making everything new. And he said: Write this down, because these words are trustworthy and true. And he said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who's thirsty I'll give freely from the spring of the water of life. Whoever comes through it will inherit all this, and I'll be his God and he'll be my son. But the cowardly and the faithless and the vile, the murderers and the immoral, those who deal in sorcery, the idolaters and all liars — their place is in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. Because the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.

Plain English

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had gone, and the sea was no more.

King James Version, 1611

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

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And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride dressed for her husband.

Plain English

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, got ready like a bride dressed for her husband.

King James Version, 1611

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

3

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: Look — the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. And they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

Plain English

And I heard a great voice from the throne say: Look — God's dwelling is with people, and he will live with them. They'll be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

King James Version, 1611

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying. And there will be no more pain, because the old things have passed away.

Plain English

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There'll be no more death, and no more grief or crying or pain, because the old order of things has passed away.

King James Version, 1611

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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And the one seated on the throne said, Look — I am making everything new. And he said to me, Write this down, because these words are true and faithful.

Plain English

And the one sitting on the throne said: Look — I am making everything new. And he said: Write this down, because these words are trustworthy and true.

King James Version, 1611

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

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And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who is thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

Plain English

And he said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone who's thirsty I'll give freely from the spring of the water of life.

King James Version, 1611

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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The one who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Plain English

Whoever comes through it will inherit all this, and I'll be his God and he'll be my son.

King James Version, 1611

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

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But the fearful and unbelieving and disgusting, and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, will have their part in the lake burning with fire and burning sulphur, which is the second death.

Plain English

But the cowardly and the faithless and the vile, the murderers and the immoral, those who deal in sorcery, the idolaters and all liars — their place is in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

King James Version, 1611

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The holy city

And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and talked with me and said, Come here. I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great high mountain, and showed me that great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, with the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. She had a great 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 Israelites. On the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And the one who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and its gates and its wall. And the city is laid out square, its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the reed: about 2,200 kilometres. Its length and width and height are equal. And he measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits, by human measure, which the angel was using. And the wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. And the foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. And I saw no temple in it, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and the Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it. And its gates will never be shut by day, because there will be no night there. And they will bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And nothing unclean will ever come into it, and nobody who does what is detestable or tells lies — only those written in the Lamb's book of life.

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me: Come, I'll show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, shining with the glory of God. Its brilliance was like a very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, the names of the twelve tribes of the people of Israel. Three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The angel talking to me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and its wall. The city is laid out square, as long as it is wide. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand furlongs, with the length and the width and the height all the same. He measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using. The wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, clear as glass. The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone: the first jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made of a single pearl. And the great street of the city was pure gold, clear as glass. I didn't see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. Its gates will never be shut by day — and there'll be no night there. They'll bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it. Nothing unclean will ever come into it, and nobody who does what's shameful or false — only those written in the Lamb's book of life.

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had 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: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and talked with me and said, Come here. I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Plain English

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me: Come, I'll show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

King James Version, 1611

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

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

Plain English

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

King James Version, 1611

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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with the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

Plain English

shining with the glory of God. Its brilliance was like a very precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.

King James Version, 1611

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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She had a great 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 Israelites.

Plain English

It had a great high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them, the names of the twelve tribes of the people of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

And had a wall great and high, and had 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:

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

Plain English

Three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west.

King James Version, 1611

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

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

Plain English

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

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the one who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

Plain English

The angel talking to me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the city is laid out square, its length the same as its width. He measured the city with the reed: about 2,200 kilometres. Its length and width and height are equal.

Plain English

The city is laid out square, as long as it is wide. He measured the city with the rod: twelve thousand furlongs, with the length and the width and the height all the same.

King James Version, 1611

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

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And he measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits, by human measure, which the angel was using.

Plain English

He measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits by human measurement, which the angel was using.

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

Plain English

The wall was built of jasper, and the city was pure gold, clear as glass.

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Plain English

The foundations of the city wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone: the first jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

King James Version, 1611

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

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the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.

Plain English

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

King James Version, 1611

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

Plain English

The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each gate was made of a single pearl. And the great street of the city was pure gold, clear as glass.

King James Version, 1611

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

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

Plain English

I didn't see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and the Lamb is its light.

Plain English

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and the Lamb is its lamp.

King James Version, 1611

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

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And the nations of those who are saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it.

Plain English

The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

King James Version, 1611

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

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And its gates will never be shut by day, because there will be no night there.

Plain English

Its gates will never be shut by day — and there'll be no night there.

King James Version, 1611

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

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And they will bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

Plain English

They'll bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it.

King James Version, 1611

And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

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And nothing unclean will ever come into it, and nobody who does what is detestable or tells lies — only those written in the Lamb's book of life.

Plain English

Nothing unclean will ever come into it, and nobody who does what's shameful or false — only those written in the Lamb's book of life.

King James Version, 1611

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.