| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. | 1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. |
| 2Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. | 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. |
| 3And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. | 3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. |
| 4And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” | 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. |
| 5Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” | 5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. |
| 6And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. | 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. |
| 7He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. | 7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. |
| 8But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” | 8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. |
| 9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.” | 9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. |
| 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, | 10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, |
| 11having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. | 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; |
| 12Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: | 12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: |
| 13three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. | 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. |
| 14Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. | 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. |
| 15And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. | 15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. |
| 16The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. | 16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. |
| 17Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. | 17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. |
| 18The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. | 18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. |
| 19The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, | 19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; |
| 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. | 20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. |
| 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. | 21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. |
| 22But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. | 22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. |
| 23The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. | 23And 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. |
| 24And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. | 24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. |
| 25Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). | 25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. |
| 26And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. | 26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. |
| 27But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. | 27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. |
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