11 translations · Greek
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.”
Revelation 7:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.”
- KJV King James Version
- For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne will feed them, and will lead them to living fountains of waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- because the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them, and will lead them to living fountains of waters: and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- 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.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them, and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅτι | hoti | For | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Ἀρνίον | Arnion | Lamb | G721 ἀρνίον lamb |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀνὰ | ana | in | G303 ἀνά each |
| μέσον | meson | [the] center | G3319 μέσος midst |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| θρόνου | thronou | throne | G2362 θρόνος throne |
| ποιμανεῖ | poimanei | will be their shepherd | G4165 ποιμαίνω to shepherd |
| αὐτούς | autous | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁδηγήσει | hodēgēsei | He will lead | G3594 ὁδηγέω to guide |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | them | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐπὶ | epi | to | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ζωῆς | zōēs | of living | G2222 ζωή life |
| πηγὰς | pēgas | springs | G4077 πηγή flow |
| ὑδάτων | hydatōn | water | G5204 ὕδωρ water |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐξαλείψει | exaleipsei | will wipe away | G1813 ἐξαλείφω to blot out |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| 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 |
Related verses
- John 7:37–38
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
- 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 4:14
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.”
- Psalm 23:1–2
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- John 4:11
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?
- Psalm 23:5
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- 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 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 21:6
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.
- 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.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
16 They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
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.”
Read all of Revelation 7 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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