REV 21:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He’ll wipe all their tears away from their eyes, and there won’t be any more death or grieving, or crying or pain. They won’t even exist any longer—the original world is gone.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not be any longer, nor grieving, nor crying, nor pain. They will not be any longer; the first things have gone away.”

UST He will comfort them so that they are no longer sad. None of them will ever again die or mourn or cry or suffer pain. God has taken away those things, so they are gone forever.”

BSB ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’[fn]
⇔ and there will be no more death
⇔ or mourning or crying or pain,
⇔ for the former things have passed away.”

BLB And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more nor mourning nor crying nor pain; they will be no more, because the former things have passed away."

AICNT and {he}[fn] will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying[, nor pain][fn] anymore, [for][fn] the former things have passed away.”

21:4, he: Some manuscripts read “God.” A(02) TR

21:4, nor pain: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01)

21:4, for: BYZ TR NA28[ ] ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. A(02) SBLGNT THGNT

OEB and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away.”

WEBBE 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.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more – or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.”

LSV and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor will there be anymore pain, because the first things passed away.”

FBV He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,[fn] and death will never happen again. There will be no mourning or crying or pain ever again for the former world no longer exists.”

21:4 Quoting Isaiah 25:8.

TCNT He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, and there will no longer be mourning, crying, or [fn]pain, for the former things have passed away.”

21:4 pain, for 71.1% ¦ pain; ECM SBL TH WH 14.9%

T4T As a result, he will cause them to no longer be sad. It will be as though he will [MTY] wipe every tear from their eyes. None of them will ever again die or mourn or cry [DOU] or suffer pain, because the former things that make us sad will have disappeared.”

LEB • and death will not exist any longer, • and[fn] mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer. • The former things[fn] have passed away.”

21:3 Literally “or”

21:3 Some manuscripts have “any longer, because the former things”

BBE And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

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Wymth He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor wail of woe, nor pain; for the first things have passed away."

ASV 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.

DRA And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

YLT and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Drby And he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall not exist any more, nor grief, nor cry, nor distress shall exist any more, for the former things have passed away.

RV 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.

Wbstr And God will 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 have passed away.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 [fn]And God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes: and there shall bee no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there bee any more paine: for the former things are passed away.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

21:4 Chap.7.17

Bshps And God shall wype away all teares from their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, neither sorowe, neither crying, neither shall there be any more payne, for the former thynges are gone.
(And God shall wype away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are gone.)

Gnva And God shall wipe away all teares from their eyes: and there shalbe no more death, neither sorow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more paine: for the first things are passed.
(And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the first things are passed. )

Cvdl And God shal wipe awaye all teares from their eyes. And there shalbe nomore deeth, nether sorowe, nether shal there be eny more payne, for ye olde thinges are gone.
(And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither shall there be any more pain, for ye/you_all old things are gone.)

TNT And God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes. And there shalbe nomore deeth nether sorowe nether cryinge nether shall there be eny more payne for the olde thynges are gone.
(And God shall wype away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death neither sorowe neither cryinge neither shall there be any more pain for the old things are gone. )

Wycl And God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iyen of hem; and deth schal no more be, nether mornyng, nether criyng, nether sorewe schal be ouer; whiche `firste thingis wenten awei.
(And God shall wipe away each teer from the eyes of hem; and death shall no more be, neither morning, neither criyng, neither sorrow shall be over; which `firste things went away.)

Luth Und GOtt wird abwischen alle Tränen von ihren Augen. Und der Tod wird nicht mehr sein, noch Leid noch Geschrei noch Schmerzen wird mehr sein; denn das Erste ist vergangen.
(And God becomes abwischen all Tränen from your Augen. And the/of_the Tod becomes not more sein, still sorrow still Geschrei still Schmerzen becomes more sein; because the Erste is vergangen.)

ClVg et absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis eorum: et mors ultra non erit, neque luctus, neque clamor, neque dolor erit ultra, quia prima abierunt.[fn]
(and absterget God omnem lacrimam away oculis their: and mors ultra not/no erit, nor luctus, nor clamor, nor pain will_be ultra, because the_first they_are_gone. )

21.4 Et mors. Vere non erunt ibi lacrymæ, quia non erit causa lacrymarum.

21.4 And mors. Vere not/no erunt there lacrymæ, because not/no will_be causa lacrymarum.

UGNT καὶ ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, οὔτε πένθος, οὔτε κραυγὴ, οὔτε πόνος, οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι; τὰ πρῶτα ἀπῆλθαν.
(kai exaleipsei pan dakruon ek tōn ofthalmōn autōn, kai ho thanatos ouk estai eti, oute penthos, oute kraugaʸ, oute ponos, ouk estai eti; ta prōta apaʸlthan.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον ⸀ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι· οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγὴ οὔτε πόνος οὐκ ἔσται ⸀ἔτι. τὰ πρῶτα ἀπῆλθαν.
(kai exaleipsei pan dakruon ⸀ek tōn ofthalmōn autōn, kai ho thanatos ouk estai eti; oute penthos oute kraugaʸ oute ponos ouk estai ⸀eti. ta prōta apaʸlthan.)

TC-GNT καὶ [fn]ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον [fn]ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι· οὔτε πένθος, οὔτε κραυγή, οὔτε πόνος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι· [fn]ὅτι τὰ πρῶτα [fn]ἀπῆλθον.
(kai exaleipsei pan dakruon apo tōn ofthalmōn autōn, kai ho thanatos ouk estai eti; oute penthos, oute kraugaʸ, oute ponos ouk estai eti; hoti ta prōta apaʸlthon. )

21:4 εξαλειψει 𝔐^Apt,C 51.3% ¦ εξαλειψει απ αυτων 𝔐^K BYZ HF 30.4% ¦ εξαλειψει ο θεος 𝔐^Apt TR 16.5% ¦ εξαλειψει απ αυτων ο θεος ANT 0%

21:4 απο 𝔐^A,C,K 94.3% ¦ εκ NA SBL TH WH 5.2%

21:4 οτι τα 𝔐^Apt,C,K 71.1% ¦ τα 𝔐^Apt ECM SBL TH WH 14.9% ¦ τα γαρ 𝔐^Apt 6%

21:4 απηλθον 𝔐^A,C 54.4% ¦ απηλθε 𝔐^K BYZ ECM^† HF 42.9% ¦ απηλθαν NA SBL TH WH 0.9%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

ἐξαλείψει πᾶν δάκρυον ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν

˱he˲_/will_be/_wiping_out every tear from the eyes ˱of˲_them

By using one thing that a person might do to console another person, John is representing all that someone might do to console someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could name something that someone might do similarly in your culture, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [God will console them]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ὁ θάνατος οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι, οὔτε πένθος, οὔτε κραυγὴ, οὔτε πόνος

¬the death not will_be anymore neither mourning nor clamor nor misery

John is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [death will not be any longer, and grieving will not be any longer, and crying will not be any longer, and pain will not be any longer]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὰ πρῶτα

the first_‹things›

John is using the adjective first as a noun to mean a certain kind of thing. ULT adds the word things to show that. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the things that existed first]

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

τὰ πρῶτα

the first_‹things›

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could use a cardinal number here or an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: [the former things]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ἀπῆλθαν

went_away

John is speaking of the first things as if they were living things that have gone away on their own. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [no longer exist]

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