Revelation 21:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 21:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
πόλιν
pólis
G4172
city
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ἁγίαν
hágios
G40
saint
Ἱερουσαλὴμ
Hierousalḗm
G2419
Jerusalem
καινὴν
kainós
G2537
new
εἶδον
horáō
G3708
to see
καταβαίνουσαν
katabaínō
G2597
to descend
ἐκ
ek
G1537
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
οὐρανοῦ
ouranós
G3772
heaven
ἀπὸ
apó
G575
from
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
ἡτοιμασμένην
hetoimázō
G2090
to prepare
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
νύμφην
nýmphē
G3565
bride
κεκοσμημένην
kosméō
G2885
to arrange
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ἀνδρὶ
anḗr
G435
man
αὐτῆς
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
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King James Version Public Domain
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).