Revelation 21:6

Revelation 21:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• New International Version (NIV)He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

Context of Revelation 21:6

4He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There won’t be any more death. There won’t be any grief, crying, or pain, because the first things have disappeared.” 5The one sitting on the throne said, “I am making everything new.” He said, “Write this: ‘These words are faithful and true.’ ” He said to me, “It has happened! I am the A and the Z, the beginning and the end. I will give a drink from the fountain filled with the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. It won’t cost anything. 7Everyone who wins the victory will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my children. 8But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:6 word by word

καὶ εἶπέν μοι· γέγοναν. ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος. ἐγὼ τῷ διψῶντι δώσω ἐκ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς δωρεάν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• It is doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Alphaα, ἈλφαA · AlphaG1
• Omegaω, ὮμέγαŌ · OmegaG5598
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• the endτέλοςtelos · goal/taxG5056
• will giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• unto him that is athirstδιψάωdipsaō · to thirstG1372
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the fountainπηγήpēgē · flowG4077
• of the waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• freelyδωρεάνdōrean · freelyG1432

Cross-references for Revelation 21:6

• Revelation 16:17The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air. A loud voice came from the throne in the temple, and said, “It has happened!”
• Revelation 1:8“I am the A and the Z,” says the Lord God, the one who is, the one who was, and the one who is coming, the Almighty.
• Revelation 22:13I am the A and the Z, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
• Revelation 7:17The lamb in the center near the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs filled with the water of life, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
• Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let those who hear this say, “Come!” Let those who are thirsty come! Let those who want the water of life take it as a gift.
• Isaiah 12:3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation.
• Isaiah 55:1“Listen! Whoever is thirsty, come to the water! Whoever has no money can come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk. You don’t have to pay; it’s free!
• John 4:10Jesus replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”
• John 7:37On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus was standing ⌞in the temple courtyard⌟. He said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty must come to me to drink.
• Psalms 36:9Indeed, the fountain of life is with you. In your light we see light.
• Jeremiah 2:13“My people have done two things wrong. They have abandoned me, the fountain of life-giving water. They have also dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
• Joel 3:18On that day new wine will cover the mountains. Milk will flow on the hills. Water will flow in all the brooks of Judah. A spring will flow from the Lord’s temple. It will water the valley of Shittim.
• Hosea 14:4⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will cure them of their unfaithfulness. I will love them freely. I will no longer be angry with them.
• Romans 3:24They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness through the price Christ Jesus paid to set us free ⌞from sin⌟.
• Romans 8:32God didn’t spare his own Son but handed him over ⌞to death⌟ for all of us. So he will also give us everything along with him.
• 1 Corinthians 2:12Now, we didn’t receive the spirit that belongs to the world. Instead, we received the Spirit who comes from God so that we could know the things which God has freely given us.

Commentaries on Revelation 21:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6It is done - All is determined, and shall be fulfilled in due time. The great drama is finished, and what was intended is now completed; referring to the period alluded to by the angel. I am Alpha and Omega - See on Revelation 1:8; (note). The fountain of the water of life - See on John 4:10; (note), John 4:14; (note); John 7:37; (note), etc. The rabbins consider the fountain of the world to come as one of the particular blessings of a future state. In…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And he said unto me - That is, he that sat on the throne - the Messiah. It is done - It is finished, complete; or, still more expressively, “it is” - ́ gegonanAn expression remarkably similar to this occurs in John 19:30, when the Saviour on the cross said, “It is finished.” The meaning in the passage before us evidently is, “The great work is accomplished; the arrangement of human affairs is complete. The redeemed are gathered in; the wicked are cut off…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6God repeats Jesus’s final words from the cross, It is done! (John 19:30; see also Revelation 16:17), linking Christ’s death to the promise of eternal life. I am the Alpha and the Omega: Using the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, John shows God as the source of all reality and truth. God existed from the Beginning (see Genesis 1:1; see also John 1:1–2) and is also the End (see Revelation 1:8; 22:13). Since Christ is supreme and controls…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. It is done--the same Greek as in Re 16:17. "It is come to pass." So Vulgate reads with English Version. But A reads, "They ('these words,' Re 21:5) are come to pass." All is as sure as if it actually had been fulfilled for it rests on the word of the unchanging God. When the consummation shall be, God shall rejoice over the work of His own hands, as at the completion of the first creation God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good…Read the comment

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• Alpha
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Commentaries on Revelation 21

• 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