KJV King James Version
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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Revelation 7:17
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
WEB World English Bible
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
ASV American Standard Version
for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
because the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.’
Surrounding context — Revelation 7
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.
ὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀρνίονG721 · arnionlambτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνὰG303 · anaeachμέσονG3319 · mesosmidstτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθρόνουG2362 · thronosthroneποιμανεῖG4165 · poimainōto shepherdαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁδηγήσειG3594 · hodēgeōto guideαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstζωῆςG2222 · zōēlifeπηγὰςG4077 · pēgēflowὑδάτων,G5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξαλείψειG1813 · exaleiphōto blot outὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodπᾶνG3956 · pasallδάκρυονG1144 · dakru, dakruonteardropἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀφθαλμῶνG3788 · ophthalmoseyeαὐτῶν.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
John 7:37-38In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.Psalm 36:8-9They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.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.Psalm 23:1-2A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Revelation 22:1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.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.Revelation 21:6And 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.Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].John 10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.John 10:14I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known of mine.Isaiah 60:20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.Psalm 28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.Ezekiel 34:23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, [even] my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.Jeremiah 2:13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
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