KJV King James Version
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 21:5
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
WEB World English Bible
He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He who is sitting upon the throne said, ‘Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, ‘Write, because these words are true and stedfast;’
Surrounding context — Revelation 21
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
4 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.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 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.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαθήμενοςG2521 · kathēmaito sitἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρόνῳ·G2362 · thronosthroneἰδοὺG2400 · idoulook!καινὰG2537 · kainosnewποιῶG4160 · poieōto do/make: doπάντα.G3956 · pasallκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγειG3004 · legōto sayγράψονG1125 · graphōto writeὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοιG3056 · logoswordπιστοὶG4103 · pistosfaithfulκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀληθινοίG228 · alēthinostrueεἰσιν.G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert.Revelation 19:9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.Revelation 4:2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.Revelation 22:6And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.Revelation 1:19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;Revelation 4:9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,Revelation 1:11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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