Revelation 21:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. [Isa. 65:17; 66:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.

Revelation 21:1 Cross References

2 Peter 3:13

But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

Isaiah 66:22

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain.

Revelation 21:5

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Daniel 7:3

and four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.

Revelation 13:1

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the tossing sea that cannot keep still; its waters toss up mire and mud.

Isaiah 51:11

So the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with rejoicing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Romans 8:21

that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

Revelation 6:14

The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.