KJV King James Version
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
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Revelation 7:16
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
WEB World English Bible
They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
ASV American Standard Version
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,
Surrounding context — Revelation 7
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
οὐG3756 · ounoπεινάσουσινG3983 · peinaōto hungerἔτιG2089 · etistillοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorδιψήσουσινG1372 · dipsaōto thirstἔτιG2089 · etistillοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorμὴG3361 · mēnotπέσῃG4098 · piptōto collapseἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἥλιοςG2246 · hēliossunοὐδὲG3761 · oudenorπᾶνG3956 · pasallκαῦμα,G2738 · kaumaheat
Cross-references
Isaiah 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.Psalm 121:6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.Matthew 5:6Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.Revelation 21:4And 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.Luke 6:21Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Isaiah 41:17[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:Isaiah 4:5-6And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory [shall be] a defence.Psalm 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?Matthew 13:6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.Song of Solomon 1:6Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.James 1:11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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