American Standard Version
Revelation 21:4
4and 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.
Revelation 21:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Context of Revelation 21:4
2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And 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 betheir God: 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. 5And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true. 6And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Read all of Revelation 21Revelation 21:4 word by word
καὶ ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγή, οὔτε πόνος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι· ὅτι τὰ πρῶτα ἀπῆλθαν.¶Read the interlinear
- wipeἐξαλείφωexaleiphō · to blot outG1813
- awayἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
- tearδάκρυ, δάκρυονdakru dakruon · teardropG1144
- eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
- deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- moreἔτιeti · stillG2089
- mourningπένθοςpenthos · griefG3997
- cryingκραυγήkraugē · shoutingG2906
- firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
- thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
Cross-references for Revelation 21:4
- Revelation 7:17for 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.
- Isaiah 25:8He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
- Revelation 20:14And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, eventhe lake of fire.
- Revelation 22:3And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;
- Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
- 1 Corinthians 15:26The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
- Hebrews 2:14Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
- Isaiah 30:19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.
- Isaiah 35:10and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 60:20Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
- Isaiah 61:3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
- Isaiah 65:18But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
- Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and 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.
- Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.
- Psalms 144:4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Commentaries on Revelation 21:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4There shall be no more death - Because there shall be a general resurrection. And this is the inference which St Paul makes from his doctrine of a general resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:26, where he says, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." But death cannot be destroyed by there being simply no farther death; death can only be destroyed and annihilated by a general resurrection; if there be no general resurrection, it is most evident that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes - This will be one of the characteristics of that blessed state, that not a tear shall ever be shed there. How different will that be from the condition here - for who is there here who has not learned to weep? See the notes on Revelation 7:17. Compare the notes on Isaiah 25:8. And there shall be no more death - In all that future world of glory, not one shall ever die; not a grave shall ever be dug! What…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4no more death or mourning or crying or pain: See Isaiah 25:8; 1 Corinthians 15:54. God's people will experience the complete healing and salvation that Christ brings (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. all tears--Greek, "every tear." no more death--Greek, "death shall be no more." Therefore it is not the millennium, for in the latter there is death (Is 65:20; 1Co 15:26, 54, "the last enemy ... destroyed is death," Re 20:14, after the millennium). sorrow--Greek, "mourning." passed away--Greek, "departed," as in Re 21:1.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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