Revelation · American Standard Version (1901)
Revelation 21 American Standard Version (1901)
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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.
1 Y VI un cielo nuevo, y una tierra nueva: porque el primer cielo y la primera tierra se fueron, y el mar ya no es.
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
2 Y yo Juan vi la santa ciudad, Jerusalem nueva, que descendía del cielo, de Dios, dispuesta como una esposa ataviada para su marido.
3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God:
3 Y oí una gran voz del cielo que decía: He aquí el tabernáculo de Dios con los hombres, y morará con ellos; y ellos serán su pueblo, y el mismo Dios será su Dios con ellos.
4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
4 Y limpiará Dios toda lágrima de los ojos de ellos; y la muerte no será más; y no habrá más llanto, ni clamor, ni dolor: porque las primeras cosas son pasadas.
5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
5 Y el que estaba sentado en el trono dijo: He aquí, yo hago nuevas todas las cosas. Y me dijo: Escribe; porque estas palabras son fieles y verdaderas.
6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
6 Y díjome: Hecho es. Yo soy Alpha y Omega, el principio y el fin. Al que tuviere sed, yo le daré de la fuente del agua de vida gratuitamente.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
7 El que venciere, poseerá todas las cosas; y yo seré su Dios, y él será mi hijo.
8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
8 Mas á los temerosos é incrédulos, á los abominables y homicidas, á los fornicarios y hechiceros, y á los idólatras, y á todos los mentirosos, su parte [será] en el lago ardiendo con fuego y azufre, que es la muerte segunda.
9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
9 Y vino á mí uno de los siete ángeles que tenían las siete copas llenas de las siete postreras plagas, y habló conmigo, diciendo: Ven acá, yo te mostraré la esposa, mujer del Cordero.
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
10 Y llevóme en Espíritu á un grande y alto monte, y me mostró la grande ciudad santa de Jerusalem, que descendía del cielo de Dios,
11 having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
11 Teniendo la claridad de Dios: y su luz era semejante á una piedra preciosísima, como piedra de jaspe, resplandeciente como cristal.
12 having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
12 Y tenía un muro grande y alto con doce puertas; y en las puertas, doce ángeles, y nombres escritos, que son [los] de las doce tribus de los hijos de Israel.
13 on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
13 Al oriente tres puertas; al norte tres puertas; al mediodía tres puertas; al poniente tres puertas.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
14 Y el muro de la ciudad tenía doce fundamentos, y en ellos los doce nombres de los doce apóstoles del Cordero.
15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
15 Y el que hablaba conmigo, tenía una medida de una caña de oro para medir la ciudad, y sus puertas, y su muro.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.
16 Y la ciudad está situada y puesta en cuadro, y su largura es tanta como su anchura: y él midió la ciudad con la caña, doce mil estadios: la largura y la altura y la anchura de ella son iguales.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
17 Y midió su muro, ciento cuarenta y cuatro codos, de medida de hombre, la cual es del ángel.
18 And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.
18 Y el material de su muro era de jaspe: mas la ciudad era de oro puro, semejante al vidrio limpio.
19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
19 Y los fundamentos del muro de la ciudad estaban adornados de toda piedra preciosa. El primer fundamento era jaspe; el segundo, zafiro; el tercero, calcedonia; el cuarto, esmeralda;
20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
20 El quinto, sardónica; el sexto, sardio; el séptimo, crisólito; el octavo, berilo; el nono, topacio; el décimo, crisopraso; el undécimo, jacinto; el duodécimo, amatista.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
21 Y las doce puertas eran doce perlas, en cada una, una; cada puerta era de una perla. Y la plaza de la ciudad era de oro puro como vidrio trasparente.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.
22 Y no vi en ella templo; porque el Señor Dios Todopoderoso es el templo de ella, y el Cordero.
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.
23 Y la ciudad no tenía necesidad de sol, ni de luna, para que resplandezcan en ella: porque la claridad de Dios la iluminó, y el Cordero [era] su lumbrera.
24 And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
24 Y las naciones que hubieren sido salvas andarán en la lumbre de ella: y los reyes de la tierra traerán su gloria y honor á ella.
25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):
25 Y sus puertas nunca serán cerradas de día, porque allí no habrá noche.
26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:
26 Y llevarán la gloria y la honra de las naciones á ella.
27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
27 No entrará en ella ninguna cosa sucia, ó que hace abominación y mentira; sino solamente los que están escritos en el libro de la vida del Cordero.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 65:17–19; 2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 66:22; Revelation 21:5; 2 Peter 3:10
- 2 Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:10; Isaiah 61:10; Hebrews 13:14
- 3 Ezekiel 37:27; 2 Corinthians 6:16; John 14:23; Leviticus 26:11–12; Zechariah 8:8
- 4 Isaiah 25:8; Revelation 7:17; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 60:20
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:17; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:19; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 4:2
- 6 John 7:37–38; John 4:10; Revelation 7:17; John 4:14; Psalm 36:9
- 7 2 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 8:10; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 2:11; Matthew 25:34
- 8 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Revelation 2:11; Ephesians 5:5–6; Revelation 22:15; Revelation 20:14–15
- 9 Revelation 19:7; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 17:1; Revelation 16:1–17; Revelation 15:1–7
- 10 Revelation 21:2; Ezekiel 11:24; 2 Corinthians 12:2–4; Ezekiel 40:1–49; Acts 8:39
- 11 Revelation 4:6; Revelation 22:5; Revelation 22:1; Revelation 21:18–19; Isaiah 60:19–20
- 12 Ezekiel 48:31–34; Revelation 21:17–21; Revelation 7:4–8; Isaiah 54:12; Revelation 21:25
- 13 Ezekiel 48:31–34
- 14 Hebrews 11:10; Ephesians 2:20; Isaiah 54:11; Revelation 21:19–21; Matthew 16:18
- 15 Zechariah 2:1; Revelation 11:1–2; Ezekiel 41:1–5; Exodus 40:3–5
- 16 Ezekiel 48:8–20; Ezekiel 48:35
- 17 Deuteronomy 3:11; Revelation 21:9; Revelation 13:18; Revelation 7:4; Revelation 14:3
- 18 Revelation 21:11; Revelation 21:21; Revelation 21:19
- 19 Isaiah 54:11–12; Exodus 28:17–21; Job 28:16–19; Proverbs 3:15
- 20 Revelation 4:3
- 21 Revelation 21:18; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 22:2; Revelation 21:11–12; Revelation 18:16
- 22 John 4:23; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; John 4:21
- 23 Isaiah 60:19–20; Revelation 22:5; John 1:9; Revelation 21:11; Isaiah 24:23
- 24 Revelation 22:2; Revelation 21:26; Zechariah 8:22–23; Zechariah 2:11; Romans 15:10–12
- 25 Isaiah 60:11; Revelation 22:5; Zechariah 14:7; Isaiah 60:20; Revelation 21:23
- 26 Revelation 21:24
- 27 Isaiah 52:1; Revelation 22:14–15; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 20:15; Isaiah 35:8
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And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, because the former things have passed away." Isaiah also declares the very same: "For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and there shall be no remembrance of the former, …
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