Revelation 22:3 - The River of Life (2024)

New International Version
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.New Living Translation
No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.English Standard Version
No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.Berean Standard Bible
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.Berean Literal Bible
And there will not be any curse any longer. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him.King James Bible
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:New King James Version
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.New American Standard Bible
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;NASB 1995
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;NASB 1977
And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bond-servants shall serve Him;Legacy Standard Bible
And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him;Amplified Bible
There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];Christian Standard Bible
and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him.Holman Christian Standard Bible
and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and His slaves will serve Him. American Standard Version
And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And no curse shall be there, and the throne of God and of The Lamb shall be in it, and his Servants shall serve him.Contemporary English Version
God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be no curse any more; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him. English Revised Version
And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall do him service;GOD'S WORD® Translation
There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship himGood News Translation
Nothing that is under God's curse will be found in the city. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. International Standard Version
There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him Literal Standard Version
and there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him,Majority Standard Bible
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.New American Bible
Nothing accursed will be found there anymore. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.NET Bible
And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,New Revised Standard Version
Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;New Heart English Bible
There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.Webster's Bible Translation
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:Weymouth New Testament
"In future there will be no curse," he said, "but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that city. And His servants will render Him holy service and will see His face,World English Bible
There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him. Young's Literal Translation
and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him,Additional Translations ...

(3) And there shall be no more curse . . . Better, And every curse, or accursed thing, shall not be any longer. There may be an allusion to Joshua 7:12; there is certainly a borrowing, of language from Zechariah (Zechariah 14:11). All accursed things are removed, and with them passes the curse. The blessing of God's presence, and the blessing of God's rule take the place of the ascendancy of evil over the groaning creation (Romans 8:22). "The throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it." The song of the Psalmist receives new force: "the Lord reigneth: let the earth rejoice; let the multitudes of the isles be glad thereof;" the accursed things, even all things that offend, are gathered out of the kingdom (Matthew 13:41).

(3, 4) And his servants shall serve him . . .--We turn from the city to the inhabitants. They are described as serving Him, seeing Him, and resembling Him. They shall serve Him: they shall offer Him the service of the priesthood--the word employed is that used of temple service. The word translated "servants" is the word which the Apostles used when they spoke of themselves as slaves of Jesus Christ, owned as well as employed by Him (Philippians 1:1; 2Peter 2:1; Jude 1:1). Their service here was discharged in the midst of discouragements and in difficulty; and they walked by faith, not by sight. Now the servants shall serve without hindrance or opposition, and they shall be encouraged by His immediate presence. "They shall see his face;" they shall know even as they are known (1Corinthians 13:12); they shall see Him as He is. No wonder, then, that he should add (and observe that the thought is exactly that which occurs in the First Epistle of St. John (1John 3:2): "His name shall be in (or, on) their foreheads." The name stands for what God is in holiness and righteousness, purity and love. The name on the forehead indicates their resemblance to their Master. On earth the servants of God are changed from glory to glory into the same image (2Corinthians 3:18). They aim to be perfect, as their Father in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48); but when they see God as He is they shall be like Him. His name is on their foreheads, for they behold His face: they wake up after His likeness, and they are satisfied (Psalm 17:15). There is a divine paradox in the double truth: those who are like God see Him, and those who see Him are like Him (Matthew 5:8). "There will come a time when the service of God shall be the beholding of Him; and though in these stormy seas, where we are now driven up and down, His Spirit is dimly seen on the face of the waters, and we are left to cast anchors out of the stern and wish for the day, that day will come, when, with the evangelist on the crystal and stable sea, all the creatures of God shall be full of eyes within, and there shall be no more curse, but His servants shall serve Him, and shall see His face" (Ruskin). . . .

Verse 3. - And there shall be no more curse; and there shall be no accursed thing any more. Nothing accursed exists in that city, because there is no sin there. The narrative here passes into the future tense (cf. Revelation 20:7). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him; and the throne, etc. This is the consequence of there being no accursed thing (cf. Joshua 7:12, 13, "Neither will I be with you any more .... There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel"). God dwells in the city because all is holy. The throne of God and of the Lamb is one - God and the Lamb are one. Again, his servants, the servants of God and the Lamb (cf. John 10:30). They "serve him," as described in Revelation 19:1-7 and elsewhere. Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

No
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

longer
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.

will there be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 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.

any
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

curse.
κατάθεμα (katathema)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2652: A curse, an accursed thing. From kata and anathema; an imprecation.

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.

throne
θρόνος (thronos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2362: From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.

of God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Lamb
Ἀρνίου (Arniou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 721: (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin.

will be
ἔσται (estai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 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.

within
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the city],
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

servants
δοῦλοι (douloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

will worship
λατρεύσουσιν (latreusousin)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.

Him.
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

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