Revelation 7:16

16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’^[a]nor any scorching heat.

Revelation 7:16 in Other Translations

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.

16 They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.

16 no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat.

16 no longer will they hunger; no longer will they thirst; no longer will the sun strike them, or any heat.

Revelation 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 7:16

They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more
The words are taken out of ( Isaiah 49:10 ) , and will be true in a literal and corporeal sense. Now the saints are often in hunger and thirst, then they shall be so no more; and in a mystical and spiritual sense, there will be no famine of the word; for though there will not be the outward ministration of the word, as now, the substance of it will be enjoyed, to full satisfaction; nor will there be any uneasy desires after spiritual things, and much less any hungerings and thirstings, or lusting after carnal, sensual, and earthly things.

Neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat;
not the sun of persecution, see ( Matthew 13:6 Matthew 13:22 ) ; nor the heat of Satan's temptations, or his fiery darts; nor of any fiery trial, or sore affliction; nor of the divine displeasure, or any fearful sense and apprehension of it; nor of toil and labour, called the burden and heat of the day, from all which they will be now free.

Revelation 7:16 In-Context

14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.

16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’nor any scorching heat.

17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”

Cross References

• 1. John 6:35
• 2. Isaiah 49:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Isaiah 49:10