Revelation 21 · Verse 26

Revelation 21:26

And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Revelation 21:26, King James Version

Revelation 21:26 in other translations

BSBAnd into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
WEBand they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
ASVand they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:
YLTand they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;
DARBYAnd they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations to it.
BBEAnd the glory and honour of the nations will come into it:
WebsterAnd they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

What does Revelation 21:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. All that was truly glorious and excellent in the earth and its converted nations shall be gathered into it; and while all shall form one Bride, there shall be various orders among the redeemed, analogous to the divisions of nations on earth constituting the one great human family, and to the various orders of angels.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 26. And they shall bring, etc. Rev 21:24. That blessed world shall be made up of all that was truly valuable and pure on the earth.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 The glory and honor of the nations into it - Still alluding to the declarations of the prophets, (see the passages in the margin, Rev 21:24, etc.), that the Gentiles would be led to contribute to the riches and glory of the temple by their gifts, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 21:22-27

Perfect and direct communion with God, will more than supply the place of gospel institutions. And what words can more full express the union and co-equality of the Son with the Father, in the Godhead? What a dismal world would this be, if it were not for the light of the sun! What is there in heaven that supplies its place? The glory of God lightens that city, and the Lamb is the Light thereof. God in Christ will…

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Revelation 21:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
οἴσουσινoisousinthey will bringG5342
τὴνtēntheG3588
δόξανdoxangloryG1391
καὶkaiandG2532
τὴνtēntheG3588
τιμὴνtimēnhonorG5092
τῶνtōnof theG3588
ἐθνῶνethnōnnationsG1484
εἰςeisintoG1519
αὐτήν.autēnit.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Revelation 21:26

  • Revelation 21:24

    And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the glory.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Revelation 21:25

    And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

  • Revelation 21:26

    And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

  • Revelation 21:27

    And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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Revelation 21:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y llevarán la gloria y la honra de las naciones á ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on lui apportera la gloire et l’honneur des nations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und man wird die Herrlichkeit und die Ehre der Nationen zu ihr bringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et afferent gloriam et honorem gentium in illam.