# Where is “He will wipe away every tear” in the Bible?

> “He will wipe away every tear” is Revelation 21:4.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/he-will-wipe-away-every-tear
By Andrew Kittridge · November 10, 2026

A loud voice from the throne says it, in John’s vision of the new heaven and the new earth.

## The verse

> He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will not exist any longer, and neither will grief or crying or pain, because the former things have gone away.”
>
> — [Revelation 21:4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/revelation/21#4) (Lumin Translation)

English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here.

## What it means there

It is a picture of the end of the story: God living with his people, and death, grief and pain gone. It picks up a promise from Isaiah 25:8.

## Also in the Bible

> He will swallow up death forever. Lord Yahweh will wipe away the tears from every face, and he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken.
>
> — [Isaiah 25:8](https://www.lumin.faith/read/isaiah/25#8) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### Where is “He will wipe away every tear” in the Bible?

“He will wipe away every tear” is Revelation 21:4. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. A loud voice from the throne says it, in John’s vision of the new heaven and the new earth.

### Is “He will wipe away every tear” in the Bible?

Yes. It is Revelation 21:4, and also Isaiah 25:8. In the Lumin Translation, Revelation 21:4 reads: “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will not exist any longer, and neither will grief or crying or pain, because the former things have gone away.””

### Who said “He will wipe away every tear”?

A loud voice from the throne says it, in John’s vision of the new heaven and the new earth.

### What does “He will wipe away every tear” mean in the Bible?

It is a picture of the end of the story: God living with his people, and death, grief and pain gone. It picks up a promise from Isaiah 25:8.

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