22:3a
No longer will there be any curse: The Greek clause is literally “every curse will no longer be/exist.” There are two ways to interpret this clause:
(1) This clause indicates that all promises of destruction are gone. For example:
There will no longer be any curse (New American Standard Bible)
(2) This clause indicates that all people and things that God has promised to destroy are gone. For example:
Nothing that is under God’s curse will be found in the city (Good News Translation)
It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), because the focus of the clause is on the curse and not on who or what is cursed.
curse: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as curse means “promising to completely destroy something.” Other ways to translate this word are:
promise to destroy
-or-
curse of destruction (New Jerusalem Bible)
Paragraph 22:3b–5
22:3b
the city: The Greek word here is “her.” In Greek “street” (22:2a) is also feminine, but city (21:23a) makes more sense here.
22:3c
His servants: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as servants can also be translated as “slaves.” Here the phrase refers to believers serving God. The difference between “slave” and “servant” is not important here. See how you translated the word servants in 2:20 or 19:2.
worship: Here the word worship refers to doing religious duties. These duties include worship and doing the work of a priest. Other ways to translate this word are:
do his will
-or-
do everything that he commands them to do
See how you translated this word in 7:15, where the Berean Standard Bible translates it as “serve.”
Him: This pronoun probably refers to God here.
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