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George Lamsa Translation

Revelation 22:19

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his portion from the tree of life, and from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Book;   Church;   Plague;   Readings, Select;   Wicked (People);   Word of God;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible;   Eternal Life;   Inspiration;   Life;   Summary;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Book;   Future, the;   God's Word;   Heaven;   Heavenly;   Home;   Jerusalem, New;   Living Water;   New;   Reverence;   Water;   Water of Life;   Wells;   Word;   Word of God;   Word, God's;   The Topic Concordance - Kingdom of God;   Name;   Prophecy and Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Books;   Cities;   Prophecy;   Scriptures, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tradition;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Inspiration;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Works, Good;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Inspiration;   Jehoiakim;   Revelation of John, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Fall;   False Prophet;   Holy City;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Prophet;   Revelation, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aristeas ;   Book of Life;   Isaiah ;   Life and Death;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Tree ;   Word;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Book of Life, the;   Inspiration;   Revelation, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Assemblies, Masters of;   Epistle;   Revelation of John:;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, which are written about in this book.
King James Version (1611)
And if any man shall take away from the wordes of the booke of this prophesie, God shal take away his part out of the booke of life, and out of the holy citie, and from the things which are written in this booke.
King James Version
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
New American Standard Bible
and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
New Century Version
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away that one's share of the tree of life and of the holy city, which are written about in this book.
English Standard Version
and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
Berean Standard Bible
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Contemporary English Version
If you take anything away from these prophecies, God will not let you have part in the life-giving tree and in the holy city described in this book.
Complete Jewish Bible
And if anyone takes anything away from the words in the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree of Life and the holy city, as described in this book.
Darby Translation
And if any one take from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Easy-to-Read Version
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away that person's share of the tree of life and of the holy city, which are written about in this book.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And if any man shall diminish of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie, God shall take away his part out of the Booke of life, and out of the holie citie, and from those things which are written in this booke.
Good News Translation
And if any take anything away from the prophetic words of this book, God will take away from them their share of the fruit of the tree of life and of the Holy City, which are described in this book.
Lexham English Bible
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and from the holy city that are written in this book.
Literal Translation
And if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and of the things having been written in this Book.
Amplified Bible
and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book.
American Standard Version
and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Bible in Basic English
And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
Hebrew Names Version
If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
International Standard Version
If anyone takes away any words from the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion of the tree of life and the holy city that are described in this book.Exodus 32:33; Psalm 69:28; Revelation 3:5; 13:8; 21:2;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And if any man make to cease from the words of the book of this prophecy, Aloha will make to cease his portion of the tree of life, and of the holy city of which is written in this book.
Murdock Translation
And if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion from the tree of life, and from the holy city, which are described in this book.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And yf any man shall minishe of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie, God shal take away his part out of the booke of lyfe, and out of the holy citie, and from the thynges which are writte in this booke.
English Revised Version
and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
World English Bible
If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the tree of life, and the holy city, which are written in this book.
Weymouth's New Testament
and that if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the holy city--the things described in this book.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if ony man do awei of the wordis of the book of this prophesie, God schal take awei the part of hym fro the book of lijf, and fro the hooli citee, and fro these thingis that ben writun in this book.
Update Bible Version
and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which are written in this book.
New English Translation
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
New King James Version
and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away [fn] his part from the Book [fn] of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
New Living Translation
And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
New Life Bible
If anyone takes away any part of this book that tells what will happen in the future, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the Holy City, which are told about in this book.
New Revised Standard
if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, if anyone shall take away from the words of this prophetic scroll, God, will take away his part, - from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, - from the things written in this scroll.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.
Revised Standard Version
and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And yf eny man shall mynyshe of the wordes of ye boke of this prophesy god shall take a waye his parte out of the boke of lyfe and oute of ye holy citie and fro thoo thynge which are written in this boke.
Young's Literal Translation
and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And yf eny man shal mynishe of the wordes of the boke of this prophesy, God shal take awaye his parte out of the boke of life, and out of the holy citie, and fro tho thinges which are wrytten in this boke.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall exclude him from any interest in the tree of life, and in the holy city, and in the things which are written in this book."
Simplified Cowboy Version
If anyone takes anything away from this book, their right to eat from the tree of life will be taken from them.

Contextual Overview

6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the LORD God who is the spirit of the prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which shortly must come to pass. 7 Behold, I am coming soon: blessed is he who keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I, John, who heard and saw these things, when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 And he said to me, Do not do that: I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book: worship God. 10 Then he said to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust will continue to be unjust: and he who is filthy will continue to be filthy: and he who is righteous will continue to do righteousness: and he who is holy will continue to be holy. 12 Behold, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13 I am Aleph and Tau, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are the vicious, and magicians, and the immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves to tell lies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

take: Revelation 2:18, Luke 11:52

God: Revelation 3:5, Revelation 13:8, Exodus 32:33, Psalms 69:28

out of the book of life: or, from the tree of life, Revelation 22:2

and out: Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:22-27

and from: Revelation 22:12, Revelation 1:3, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 3:4, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 7:9-17, Revelation 14:13

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:32 - blot me Deuteronomy 4:2 - General Deuteronomy 12:32 - thou shalt not Nehemiah 13:15 - I testified Proverbs 30:6 - Add Isaiah 28:22 - lest Isaiah 48:2 - they call Jeremiah 26:2 - diminish Jeremiah 36:23 - he cut Matthew 27:53 - holy Acts 8:21 - hast Galatians 1:8 - though Galatians 1:9 - than Hebrews 12:22 - the city Revelation 11:2 - and the

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they swore both of them.
Joshua 15:28
Darath-taaley, Beer-sheba, Beer-jothanah,
Judges 20:1
THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one man from Dan to Beer-sheba, to the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if any man shall take away from the prophecy of this book,.... As he may be said to do, who denies the authority of this book, which has been done by some, and which the Holy Ghost foresaw; or takes it away from, or denies the reading of it to the people, as the Papists do with respect to the whole Scripture; and who wilfully pervert the sense of it, and will not have the things in it, relating to antichrist, to belong to him.

God shall take away his part out of the book of life; by which is meant eternal election, which is the meaning of the phrase throughout this book, in which whoever are written shall certainly be saved. The worshippers of the beast, or the antichristian party, who are chiefly regarded here, are not written in it, Revelation 13:8 wherefore taking away the part of such, is only taking away that which they seemed to have; see Luke 8:18 and the sense is, that such shall be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death, and will be the portion of all that are not written in the book of life, Revelation 20:15. The Alexandrian copy, one of Stephens's, and the Complutensian edition, read, "the tree of life"; and so do the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; the sense is the same; see John 15:2 and out of the holy city; the new Jerusalem, before described, a part in which is a right to enter into it through the gates, and possess the glories of it: what is mentioned here is only a seeming one, which wicked men may flatter themselves with; and the meaning is, that such shall never enter into it, and enjoy the happiness of it, but shall ever be without, Revelation 21:27

and from the things which are written in this book; the blessings promised to the overcomers in Revelation 2:7 which such as detract from this book shall have no share in. The Alexandrian copy, with some others, and the Syriac version, leave out the copulative "and", and read "which are written", &c. connecting them with the book of life, and holy city, which are written, and spoken of, in this book. The Ethiopic version connects the words with the holy city, only reading them, "which is written", &c. The Jews say of their Talmud, that nothing is to be added to it, or diminished from it o.

o Ganz. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 34. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy - If he shall reject the book altogether; if he shall, in transcribing it, designedly strike any part of it out. It is conceivable that, from the remarkable nature of the communications made in this book, and the fact that they seemed to be unintelligible, John supposed there might be those who would be inclined to omit some portions as improbable, or that he apprehended that when the portions which describe antichrist were fulfilled in distant ages, those to whom those portions applied would be disposed to strike them from the sacred volume, or to corrupt them. He thought proper to guard against this by this solemn declaration of the consequence which would follow such an act. The whole book was to be received - with all its fearful truths - as a revelation from God; and however obscure it might seem, in due time it would be made plain; however faithfully it might depict a fearful apostasy, it was important, both to show the truth of divine inspiration and to save the church, that these disclosures should be in their native purity in the possession of the people of God.

God shall take away his part out of the book of life - Perhaps there is here an intimation that this would be most likely to be done by those who professed to be Christians, and who supposed that their names were in the book of life. In fact, most of the corruptions of the sacred Scriptures have been attempted by those who have professed some form of Christianity. Infidels have but little interest in attempting such changes, and but little influence to make them received by the church. It is most convenient for them, as it is most agreeable to their feelings, to reject the Bible altogether. When it said here that “God would take away his part out of the book of life,” the meaning is not that his name had been written in that book, but that he would take away the part which he might have had, or which he professed to have in that book. Such corruption of the divine oracles would show that they had no true religion, and would be excluded from heaven. On the phrase “book of life,” see the notes on Revelation 3:5.

And out of the holy city - Described in Revelation 21:0. He would not be permitted to enter that city; he would have no part among the redeemed.

And from the things which are written in this book - The promises that are made; the glories that are described.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 22:19. If any man shall take away — If any man shall lessen this meaning, curtail the sense, explain away the spirit and design, of these prophecies, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, c. Thus Jesus Christ warns all those who consider this book to beware of indulging their own conjectures concerning it. I confess that this warning has its own powerful influence upon my mind, and has prevented me from indulging my own conjectures concerning its meaning, or of adopting the conjectures of others. These visions and threatenings are too delicate and awful a subject to trifle with, or even to treat in the most solemn manner, where the meaning is obscure. I must leave these things to time and event, the surest interpreters. No jot or tittle of Christ's word shall fall to the ground all shall have its fulfilment in due time.

This is termed a revelation, but it is a revelation of symbols; an exhibition of enigmas, to which no particular solution is given, and to which God alone can give the solution.


 
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