11 translations · Greek
Revelation 22:1
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Revelation 22:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- KJV King James Version
- And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And he showed me [the] river of [the] water of life, radiant as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The angel showed me the river of water of life, crystal-clear, flowing out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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 | Then | G2532 καί and |
| ἔδειξέν | edeixen | [the angel] showed | G1166 δεικνύω to show |
| μοι | moi | me | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ποταμὸν | potamon | a river | G4215 ποταμός river |
| ὕδατος | hydatos | of the water | G5204 ὕδωρ water |
| ζωῆς | zōēs | of life | G2222 ζωή life |
| λαμπρὸν | lampron | as clear | G2986 λαμπρός shining |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| κρύσταλλον | krystallon | crystal | G2930 κρύσταλλος crystal |
| ἐκπορευόμενον | ekporeuomenon | flowing | G1607 ἐκπορεύω to depart |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θρόνου | thronou | throne | G2362 θρόνος throne |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Ἀρνίου | Arniou | Lamb | G721 ἀρνίον lamb |
Related verses
- 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.”
- John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 7:38–39
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
- Psalm 36:8–9
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures. For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
- John 4:10–11
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
- Revelation 21:6
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.
- Zechariah 14:8
It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.
- Psalm 46:4
There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
- Jeremiah 17:13
Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
- Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
2 in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.
Read all of Revelation 22 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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