3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.


In Context

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"

3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

Revelation 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look upon it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.