Revelation 21:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 21:23 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
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
πόλις
pólis
G4172
city
οὐ
ou
G3756
not
χρείαν
chreía
G5532
necessity
ἔχει
échō
G2192
to have
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
ἡλίου
hḗlios
G2246
sun
οὐδὲ
oudé
G3761
neither
τῆς
ho
G3588
the
σελήνης
selḗnē
G4582
moon
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
φαίνωσιν
phaínō
G5316
to shine
αὐτῇ
autós
G846
he
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
δόξα
dóxa
G1391
glory
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
θεοῦ
theós
G2316
God
ἐφώτισεν
phōtízō
G5461
to enlighten
αὐτήν
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
λύχνος
lýchnos
G3088
lamp
αὐτῆς
autós
G846
he
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
ἀρνίον
arníon
G721
little lamb
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
The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they might illumine her, for the glory of God illumined, and her lamp the Lamb.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).