King James Version
Revelation 21:26 in the King James Version says “And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.”
Revelation 21:26 · KJV
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.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they shall bring”
G5342to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
“the glory”
G1391glory (as very apparent), in a wide application (literal or figurative, objective or subjective)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“honour”
G5092a value, i.e., money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
“of the nations”
G1484a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
“into”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“it”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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