Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. New Living Translation Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. English Standard Version Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Berean Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Berean Literal Bible And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. King James Bible And 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. New King James Version Now 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. New American Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. NASB 1995 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. NASB 1977 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. Legacy Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. Amplified Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away (vanished), and there is no longer any sea. Christian Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed. American Standard Version And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I saw new Heavens and a new Earth, for the former Heavens and the former Earth had departed, and the Sea was no more. Contemporary English Version I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and so had the sea. Douay-Rheims Bible And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now no more. English Revised Version And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. GOD'S WORD® Translation I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone. Good News Translation Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth disappeared, and the sea vanished. International Standard Version Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone. Literal Standard Version And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more; Majority Standard Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. New American Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. NET Bible Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more. New Revised Standard Version Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. New Heart English Bible I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. Webster's Bible Translation And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and there was no more sea. Weymouth New Testament And I saw a new Heaven and a new earth; for the first Heaven and the first earth were gone, and the sea no longer exists. World English Bible I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. Young's Literal Translation And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A New Heaven and a New Earth1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.… Cross References Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. Isaiah 65:17 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. Isaiah 66:22 "For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "so your descendants and your name will endure. Romans 8:21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. 2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. 2 Peter 3:13 But in keeping with God's promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. Revelation 6:14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Treasury of Scripture And 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. a new. Revelation 21:5 And 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. Isaiah 65:17-19 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind… Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. for. Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. and there. Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Jump to Previous Earth Exists First Heaven Longer New Passed SeaJump to Next Earth Exists First Heaven Longer New Passed SeaRevelation 21 1. A new heaven and a new earth.10. The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof. 23. She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light. 24. The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her. XXI. THE FINAL REGENERATION.--ALL THINGS NEW: NEW HEAVENS; NEW EARTH; NEW JERUSALEM (Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5). THE NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH. (1) And I saw a new heaven . . .--The hope of the renewal and restitution of all things had been long cherished. Earlier prophets had sanctioned the hope: Isaiah had told of new heavens and new earth (Isaiah 65:17); Ezekiel had closed his prophecy with the splendid vision of a renewed land of promise (Ezekiel 40-48); Christ Himself had spoken of the era which He inaugurated as the regeneration (Matthew 19:28); His followers soon caught the truth that the outcome of the gospel age would be the realisation of all those marvellous visions with which prophets had sustained the fainting hopes of the people of God. The hope was not to be for ever receding as new height after height was surmounted. It will not always be said, "The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth" (Ezekiel 12:22). The fulfilment may seem to tarry; the unbelieving might doubt or scoff (Matthew 24:43; 1Thessalonians 5:2; 2Peter 3:4); but those who felt that the gospel was a power of spiritual regeneration, making all things new (2Corinthians 5:17), learned to look forward to the widest and fullest restoration, and to expect new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness (2Peter 3:13). The characteristic word which runs throughout the description is the word "new." All things are to be made new: the heavens and earth are new; the Jerusalem is new. There are two words which are translated new in our English version: one of these (neos) relates to time; the other (kainos) relates to quality. The one would be applied to what had recently come into existence; the other to what showed fresh features. The tomb, for example, in which our Lord's body was laid was new, not in the sense that it had been recently hewn out of the rock, but in the sense that it had never been used before; it may have been long made, but it was one wherein never man was yet laid. To describe it the second word (kainos) is used (Matthew 27:60 and John 19:41). In the same way, the wine-skins (called "bottles" in our English version) required for the new wine were not necessarily wine-skins only just prepared for service, but they were skins which had not grown withered, but retained their freshness and elasticity. Here, again, the second word (kainos) is employed to describe them. Now, it is this latter word which is used throughout this chapter, and, indeed, throughout the book of Revelation. The newness which is pictured is the newness of freshness: the old, decaying, enfeebling, and corrupting elements are swept away. The aspects and features which will surround the inhabitants of that new earth will be full of novelty to satisfy the progressive instincts of our nature; but the imagery no less conveys the assurance that the conservative instinct, which clings to what is old, and finds sanctity in the past, will not be disregarded. All things may be new, full of fresh and fair beauty; but all things will not be strange; there must be some correspondency between the old and the new, when the new things are called new heavens, new earth, new Jerusalem. The description is figurative, but the spirit of it implies that in the restitution age the sweetness of things loved and familiar will blend with the charm of all that is fresh and new. . . . Verse 1. - And I saw. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 20:11, etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the world, the final overthrow of Satan and his adherents, and the judgment when every man is rewarded according to his works, the seer now completes the whole by portraying the eternal bliss of the redeemed in heaven (cf. on Revelation 20:10). The description is based upon Isaiah 60. and Ezekiel 40, et seq.; especially the latter, which follows the account of God and Magog, as does this. A new heaven and a new earth. The dispute as to whether a new creation is intended, or a revivified earth, seems to be founded on the false assumption that the dwellers in heaven must be localized in space (cf. Isaiah 65:17, "I create new heavens and a new earth;" also Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13). For the first heaven and the first earth were passed away. The Revisers follow B and others in reading ἀπῆλθον, and render it by the English perfect tense. In א, A, is read ἀπῆλθαν, while other manuscripts give ἀπῆλθεν and παρῆλθε. The first heaven and earth; that is, those now existing pass away as described in Revelation 20:11. And there was no more sea; and the sea no longer exists. The threefold division of heaven, earth, and sea represents the whole of this world (cf. Revelation 10:6). Some interpret the sea symbolically of the restless, unstable, wicked nations of the earth, which now exist no longer; others understand the absence of sea to typify the absence of instability and wickedness in the New Jerusalem.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThenΚαὶ (Kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. I saw εἶδον (eidon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. a new καινὸν (kainon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2537: Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new heaven οὐρανὸν (ouranon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. a new καινήν (kainēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2537: Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new earth, γῆν (gēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. first πρῶτος (prōtos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost. heaven οὐρανὸς (ouranos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. earth γῆ (gē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. had passed away, ἀπῆλθαν (apēlthan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sea θάλασσα (thalassa) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea. was ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. no οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. more. ἔτι (eti) Adverb Strong's 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still. 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