Revelation 22:4

Revelation 22:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
• New International Version (NIV)They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.

Context of Revelation 22:4

2in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. 5And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever. 6And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place.

Revelation 22:4 word by word

καὶ ὄψονται τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear

• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• His faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• foreheadsμέτωπονmetopon · foreheadG3359

Cross-references for Revelation 22:4

• Ezekiel 33:18When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it.
• Job 33:26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.
• Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?” Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!
• Isaiah 33:17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will behold a far-distant land.
• Isaiah 35:2It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, The majesty of our God.
• Isaiah 40:5Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
• Matthew 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
• John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
• John 17:24Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
• 1 John 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
• Revelation 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.
• Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

Commentaries on Revelation 22:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4See his face - Enjoy what is called the beatific vision; and they shall exhibit the fullest evidence that they belong entirely to him, for his name shall be written on their foreheads.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And they shall see his face - See the notes on Matthew 18:10. They would be constantly in his presence, and be permitted continually to behold his glory. And his name shall be in their foreheads - They shall be designated as his. See the notes on Revelation 3:12; Revelation 7:3; Revelation 13:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The fear of death and seeing God will disappear (see Genesis 16:13; 32:30; Judges 6:22; Isaiah 6:5). God's people will carry his name and joyfully see his face (see Matthew 5:8; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 3:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. see his face--revealed in divine glory, in Christ Jesus. They shall see and know Him with intuitive knowledge of Him, even as they are known by Him (1Co 13:9-12), and face to face. Compare 1Ti 6:16, with Joh 14:9. God the Father can only be seen in Christ. in--Greek, "on their foreheads." Not only shall they personally and in secret (Re 3:17) know their sonship, but they shall be known as sons of God to all the citizens of the new Jerusalem, so that…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 22:4

• Church
• Heaven
• Readings, Select
• Righteous
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Either
• Filthy
• Offspring
• Star
• Whosoever
• Forehead
• Immortal; Immortality
• Revelation of John
• Alpha
• eternity, everlasting, eternal, forever

Commentaries on Revelation 22

• 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
• Family Bible 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