Revelation 22:5 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:3 and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him,

Revelation 22:4 and they shall see His face, and His name <FI>is<Fi> upon their foreheads,

Revelation 22:5 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.

Revelation 22:6 And he said to me, `These words <FI>are<Fi> stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:

Revelation 22:7 Lo, I come quickly; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "night", "shall", "need", "lamp", "lord", "doth", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "night", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and they shall see His face and..." into verse 6's "And he said to me These words...", so "light" and "night" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "night" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.