Revelation 22:5
Good News Translation
There shall be no more night, and they will not need lamps or sunlight, because the Lord God will be their light, and they will rule as kings forever and ever.

New Revised Standard Version
And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

Contemporary English Version
Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule forever.

New American Bible
Night will be no more, nor will they need light from lamp or sun, for the Lord God shall give them light, and they shall reign forever and ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten then. And they shall reign for ever and ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten then. And they shall reign for ever and ever.

no night.

Revelation 18:23 And the light of the lamp shall shine no more at all in thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for all nations have been deceived by thy enchantments.

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Revelation 21:22-25 And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God Almighty is the temple thereof, and the Lamb. . . .

Psalm 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.

Psalm 84:11 For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

Proverbs 4:18,19 The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall. . . .

Isaiah 60:19,20 Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory. . . .

and they.

Revelation 3:21 To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Daniel 7:18,27 But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever. . . .

Matthew 25:34,46 Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . . .

Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift and of justice shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

1 Peter 1:3,4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: . . .

Context
The River of Life
4And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their foreheads. 5And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten then. And they shall reign for ever and ever. 6And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his servant the things which must be done shortly.…
Cross References
Isaiah 24:23
And the moon shall blush, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, and shall be glorified in the sight of his ancients.

Isaiah 30:26
And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 60:19
Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.

Daniel 7:18
But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever.

Daniel 7:27
And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings shall serve him, and shall obey him.

Zechariah 14:7
And there shall be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day nor night: and in the time of the evening there shall be light:

Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Romans 5:17
For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace and of the gift and of justice shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.

Revelation 20:4
And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his image nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 21:11
Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone even as crystal.

Revelation 21:23
And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

Revelation 21:25
And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.

Revelation 22:4
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