Revelation 22:1-7

22:1 Then ¹  the angel ²  showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out ³  from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 22:2 flowing down the middle of the city’s ⁴  main street. ⁵  On each side ⁶  of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds ⁷  of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. ⁸  Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. 22:3 And there will no longer be any curse, ⁹  and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. ¹⁰  His ¹¹  servants ¹²  will worship ¹³  him, 22:4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 22:5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

A Final Reminder

22:6 Then ¹⁴  the angel ¹⁵  said to me, “These words are reliable ¹⁶  and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants ¹⁷  what must happen soon.”

22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) ¹⁸ 

[22:1]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[22:1]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:1]  ³ tn Grk “proceeding.” Water is more naturally thought to pour out or flow out in English idiom.

[22:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ⁵ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).

[22:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “From here and from there.”

[22:2]  ⁷ tn Or “twelve crops” (one for each month of the year).

[22:2]  ⁸ tn The words “of the year” are implied.

[22:3]  ⁹ tn Or “be anything accursed” (L&N 33.474).

[22:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “city, and his.” Although this is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, a new sentence was started here in the translation because of the introduction of the Lamb’s followers.

[22:3]  ¹² tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[22:3]  ¹³ tn Or “will serve.”

[22:6]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[22:6]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel mentioned in 21:9, 15; 22:1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “faithful.”

[22:6]  ¹⁷ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[22:7]  ¹⁸ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.