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


In Context

1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, |Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?|

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

4 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.

5 One of the elders said to me, |Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

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 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.