Revelation 21:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp. [Isa. 24:23; 60:1, 19.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

Common English Bible

²³ The city doesn’t need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it. For the glory of God has illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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 21:23 Cross References

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Isaiah 2:10

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:19

And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

Isaiah 2:21

to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover 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 that the LORD bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Habakkuk 3:3

God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

Mark 8:38

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Luke 2:32

A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

John 1:18

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

John 1:4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:9

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

John 17:24

Father, that which thou hast given me, I will that, where I am, they also may be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 5:23

that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him.

Acts 22:11

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Revelation 14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

Revelation 18:1

After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

Revelation 21:11

having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

Revelation 21:25

And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:6

And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.

Revelation 7:17

for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.