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

New Living Translation
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it.

English Standard Version
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,

Berean Standard Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

Berean Literal Bible
And no one in heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, was able to open the scroll, nor to see it.

King James Bible
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

New King James Version
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

New American Standard Bible
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

NASB 1995
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.

NASB 1977
And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it.

Legacy Standard Bible
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

Amplified Bible
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it.

Christian Standard Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it.

American Standard Version
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And there was none able in Heaven or in Earth, nor any under The Earth, to open the scroll and to open its seals and look upon it.

Contemporary English Version
No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

English Revised Version
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.

Good News Translation
But there was no one in heaven or on earth or in the world below who could open the scroll and look inside it.

International Standard Version
No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.

Literal Standard Version
And no one was able in Heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

Majority Standard Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

New American Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to examine it.

NET Bible
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

New Revised Standard Version
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

New Heart English Bible
No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the scroll, or to look in it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look upon it.

Weymouth New Testament
But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Scroll with Seven Seals
2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it. 4And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.…

Cross References
Philippians 2:10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Revelation 5:4
And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

Revelation 5:13
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!"


Treasury of Scripture

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

Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Isaiah 40:13,14
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counseller hath taught him? …

Isaiah 41:28
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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Revelation 5
1. The book sealed with seven seals,
9. which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open.
12. Therefore the elders praise him, and confess that he redeemed them with his blood.














(3) And no man . . . .--Or, better, no one (for it is of more than mankind that the Apostle speaks) was able, in the heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, nor even (still less?) to look thereon. The looking on the book is usually understood of the look cast on the book of one who would read the contents. If so, the thought is, none could open, still less read, the roll. It may, however, be that all who attempted to take the book were unable to face the glory in which it lay. When Christ revealed Himself to Saul he could not see for the glory of that light.

Verse 3. - And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon; no one in the heaven, or on the earth (Revised Version). That is, no one in all creation - in heaven, or on earth, or in the place of departed spirits. No one was able "to look thereon" (that is, "to read therein") as a consequence of no one being fit to open the book.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[But]
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

no one
οὐδεὶς (oudeis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3762: No one, none, nothing.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

heaven
οὐρανῷ (ouranō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

[or]
οὐδὲ (oude)
Conjunction
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

earth
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

[or]
οὐδὲ (oude)
Conjunction
Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.

under
ὑποκάτω (hypokatō)
Preposition
Strong's 5270: Underneath, below, under. From hupo and kato; down under, i.e. Beneath.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

was able
ἐδύνατο (edynato)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1410: (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.

to open
ἀνοῖξαι (anoixai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

scroll
βιβλίον (biblion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 975: A papyrus roll. A diminutive of biblos; a roll.

[or]
οὔτε (oute)
Conjunction
Strong's 3777: And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.

look inside
βλέπειν (blepein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.

it.
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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