11 translations · Greek
Revelation 21:3
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.
Revelation 21:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and I heard a great voice out of Heaven, saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God [is] with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His peoples, and God Himself will be with them [as] their God,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “Now God's home is with human beings and he will live with them. They will be his people. God himself will be with them as their God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them — their God,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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 will be with them, and be their God.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| ἤκουσα | ēkousa | I heard | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| φωνῆς | phōnēs | voice | G5456 φωνή voice/sound: voice |
| μεγάλης | megalēs | a loud | G3173 μέγας great |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θρόνου | thronou | throne | G2362 θρόνος throne |
| λεγούσης | legousēs | saying | G3004 λέγω to say |
| Ἰδοὺ | Idou | Behold | G2400 ἰδού look! |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σκηνὴ | skēnē | dwelling place | G4633 σκηνή tent |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| μετὰ | meta | [is] with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀνθρώπων | anthrōpōn | man | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| σκηνώσει | skēnōsei | He will dwell | G4637 σκηνόω to dwell |
| μετ’ | met’ | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| αὐτοὶ | autoi | They | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| λαοὶ | laoi | people | G2992 λαός a people |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἔσονται | esontai | will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| αὐτὸς | autos | Himself | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| μετ’ | met’ | with | G3326 μετά with/after |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἔσται | estai | will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | [as] their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| θεός | theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
Related verses
- Ezekiel 37:27
My tent also will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- 2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
- Leviticus 26:11–12
I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you. I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.
- John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- Zechariah 8:8
and I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”
- Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Jeremiah 32:38
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Genesis 17:7–8
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you. I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
- Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 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.
2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3 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.
4 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.”
5 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.”
Read all of Revelation 21 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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