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Revelation 22:5

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “still” (ἔτι,) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “light” (φῶς) before [the] sun here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “will enlighten upon” (φωτίσει ἐπ᾽) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “there” (ἐκει) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “enlightens” (φωτίζει) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andνὺξnuxnightνύξnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “night”, the subject formG3571the night, night-time.nightοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noἔσταιestaito beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.ἔτιetistillἔτιadverb — “still”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “still”.καὶkaineitherκαίconjunction — “neither”G2532and, even, also, namely.neitherοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἔχουσινechousinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.χρείανchreianneedχρεία (chreia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “need”, the object formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.φωτὸςphōtoslightφῶς (phōs)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “light”, the of-formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.lightλύχνουluchnoulampλύχνος (luchnos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lamp”, the of-formG3088a lamp.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andφῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “light”, the subject formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.ἡλίουhēliousunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “sun”, the of-formG2246the sun, sunlight.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.φωτίσειphōtiseito illuminateφωτίζω (phōtizō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to illuminate”, an action still aheadG5461(a) I light up, illumine, (b) I bring to light, make evident, reveal.This verse uses “illuminate”.ἐπ’epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.αὐτούςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.βασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinthey shall reignβασιλεύω (basileuō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they shall reign”, an action still aheadG936(a) I rule, reign, (b) I reign over.This verse uses “reign”.they shall reignεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶναςaiōnaseverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.everτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰώνωνaiōnōnand everαἰών (aiōn)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “and ever”, the of-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.and ever

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐκειekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.φωτίζειphōtizeigivethφωτίζω (phōtizō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “giveth”, an action still aheadG5461(a) I light up, illumine, (b) I bring to light, make evident, reveal.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign — to the ages of the ages.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign — to the ages of the ages.

World English Bible

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

Darby Translation

And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of [the] sun; for [the] Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages.

Douay-Rheims

And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten them, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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