11 translations · Greek
Revelation 21:4
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.”
Revelation 21:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.”
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor will there be anymore pain, because the first things passed away.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will never happen again. There will be no mourning or crying or pain ever again for the former world no longer exists.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And God will 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 have passed away.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.
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 | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἐξαλείψει | exaleipsei | He will wipe away | G1813 ἐξαλείφω to blot out |
| πᾶν | pan | every | G3956 πᾶς all |
| δάκρυον | dakryon | tear | G1144 δάκρυ, δάκρυον teardrop |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὀφθαλμῶν | ophthalmōn | eyes | G3788 ὀφθαλμός eye |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | their | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θάνατος | thanatos | death | G2288 θάνατος death |
| οὐκ | ouk | no | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔσται | estai | there will be | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἔτι | eti | more | G2089 ἔτι still |
| οὔτε | oute | [or] | G3777 οὔτε neither |
| πένθος | penthos | mourning | G3997 πένθος grief |
| οὔτε | oute | [or] | G3777 οὔτε neither |
| κραυγὴ | kraugē | crying | G2906 κραυγή shouting |
| οὔτε | oute | [or] | G3777 οὔτε neither |
| πόνος | ponos | pain | G4192 πόνος travail |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἔσται | estai | — | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἔτι | eti | — | G2089 ἔτι still |
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πρῶτα | prōta | former things | G4413 πρῶτος first |
| ἀπῆλθαν | apēlthan | have passed away | G565 ἀπέρχομαι to go away |
Related verses
- Isaiah 25:8
He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Revelation 7:17
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that will be abolished is death.
- Isaiah 35:10
The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
- Isaiah 60:20
Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.
- 1 John 2:17
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
- Isaiah 51:11
Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 65:18–19
But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more.
- Jeremiah 31:13
Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.”
6 He said to me, “I have become 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.
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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