Revelation 18:23

18:23 Even the light from a lamp

will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride

will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,

because all the nations ¹  were deceived by your magic spells! ² 

Revelation 21:22-25

21:22 Now ³  I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God – the All-Powerful ⁴  – and the Lamb are its temple. 21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations ⁵  will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur ⁶  into it. 21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day ⁷  (and ⁸  there will be no night there). ⁹ 

Psalms 36:9

36:9 For you are the one who gives

and sustains life. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 84:11

84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. ¹¹ 

The Lord bestows favor ¹²  and honor;

he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. ¹³ 

Proverbs 4:18-19

4:18 But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, ¹⁴ 

growing brighter and brighter ¹⁵  until full day. ¹⁶ 

4:19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; ¹⁷ 

they do not know what causes them to stumble. ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 60:19-20

60:19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day,

nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you;

the Lord will be your permanent source of light –

the splendor of your God will shine upon you. ¹⁹ 

60:20 Your sun will no longer set;

your moon will not disappear; ²⁰ 

the Lord will be your permanent source of light;

your time ²¹  of sorrow will be over.

[18:23]  ¹ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[18:23]  ² tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”

[21:22]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic. Every verse from here to the end of this chapter begins with καί in Greek, but due to differences between Greek and contemporary English style, these have not been translated.

[21:22]  ⁴ tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”

[21:24]  ⁵ tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[21:24]  ⁶ tn Or “splendor”; Grk “glory.”

[21:25]  ⁷ tn On the translation “during the day” see BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a, “But also, as in Thu. et al., of time within which someth. occurs, ἡμέρας during the day Rv 21:25.”

[21:25]  ⁸ tn The Greek connective γάρ (gar) most often expresses some sort of causal connection. However, in this context there is no causal force to the second phrase; γάρ simply expresses continuation or connection. Because of this it has been translated as “and.” See BDAG 189-90 s.v. 2.

[21:25]  ⁹ tn The clause has virtually the force of a parenthetical comment.

[36:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for with you is the fountain of life, in your light we see light.” Water (note “fountain”) and light are here metaphors for life.

[84:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[is] a sun and a shield.” The epithet “sun,” though rarely used of Israel’s God in the OT, was a well-attested royal title in the ancient Near East. For several examples from Ugaritic texts, the Amarna letters, and Assyrian royal inscriptions, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 131, n. 2.

[84:11]  ¹² tn Or “grace.”

[84:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “he does not withhold good to those walking in integrity.”

[4:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “like light of brightness.” This construction is an attributive genitive: “bright light.” The word “light” (אוֹר, ’or) refers to the early morning light or the dawn (BDB 21 s.v.). The point of the simile is that the course of life that the righteous follow is like the clear, bright morning light. It is illumined, clear, easy to follow, and healthy and safe – the opposite of what darkness represents.

[4:18]  ¹⁵ tn The construction uses the Qal active participle of הָלַךְ (halakh) in a metaphorical sense to add the idea of continuance or continually to the participle הוֹלֵךְ (holekh). Here the path was growing light, but the added participle signifies continually.

[4:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “until the day is established.” This expression refers to the coming of the full day or the time of high noon.

[4:19]  ¹⁷ sn The simile describes ignorance or spiritual blindness, sinfulness, calamity, despair.

[4:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in what they stumble.”

[60:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and your God for your splendor.”

[60:20]  ²⁰ sn In this verse “sun” and “moon” refer to the Lord’s light, which will replace the sun and moon (see v. 19). Light here symbolizes the restoration of divine blessing and prosperity in conjunction with the Lord’s presence. See 30:26.

[60:20]  ²¹ tn Heb “days” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).