New English Translation
Revelation 22:2
2flowing down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- New International Version (NIV)down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Context of Revelation 22:2
1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, flowing down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. 3And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him, 4and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
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ἐν μέσῳ τῆς πλατείας αὐτῆς καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν, ξύλον ζωῆς ποιοῦν καρποὺς δώδεκα, κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον ἀποδιδοῦν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ φύλλα τοῦ ξύλου εἰς θεραπείαν τῶν ἐθνῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the midstμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
- of the streetὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- of the streetπλατεῖαplateia · wide street/roadG4113
- of itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- on either sideἐντεῦθεν, ἔνθενenteuthen · from hereG1782
- of the riverποταμόςpotamos · riverG4215
- the treeξύλονxulon · woodG3586
- of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
- which bareποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427
- fruitsκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
- yieldedἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi · to payG591
- ·κατάkata · according toG2596
- ·εἷςheis · oneG1520
- everyἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
- monthμήνmēn · monthG3376
- the leavesφύλλονphullon · leafG5444
- forεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the healingθεραπείαtherapeia · serviceG2322
- of the nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
Cross-references for Revelation 22:2
- Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
- Revelation 21:21And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.
- Ezekiel 47:1Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.
- Revelation 2:7The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
- Genesis 2:9The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
- Genesis 3:22And the Lord God said, “Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
- Proverbs 3:18She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.
- Revelation 21:24The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.
- Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
- Isaiah 57:18I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.
- Jeremiah 17:14Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.
- Ezekiel 47:8He said to me, “These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh.
- Hosea 14:4“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
Commentaries on Revelation 22:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In the midst of the street of it - That is, of the city which was described in the preceding chapter. The tree of life - An allusion to Genesis 2:9. As this tree of life is stated to be in the streets of the city, and on each side of the river, tree must here be an enallage of the singular for the plural number, trees of life, or trees which yielded fruit by which life was preserved. The account in Ezekiel is this: "And by the river, upon the bank…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2In the midst of the street of it - Prof. Stuart renders this, “between the street thereof and the river”; and says that “the writer conceives of the river as running through the whole city; then of streets parallel to it on either side; and then, on the banks of the river, between the water and the street, the whole stream is lined on either side with two rows of the tree of life.” The more common interpretation, however, is doubtless admissible, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2After humans sinned, they lost access to the tree of life (see Genesis 3:22–24), but now it is freely available. The tree stands on each side of the river (compare Ezekiel 47:12), showing there is no wrong side of the river in heaven. The tree produces fresh fruit every month, demonstrating God's constant provision.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The harmonious unity of Scripture is herein exhibited. The Fathers compared it to a ring, an unbroken circle, returning into itself. Between the events of Genesis and those at the close of the Apocalypse, at least six thousand or seven thousand years intervene; and between Moses the first writer and John the last about one thousand five hundred years. How striking it is that, as in the beginning we found Adam and Eve, his bride, in innocence m…Read the comment
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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
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