Revelation 5:3
World English Bible (WEB)
No 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 Then 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 every translation
- WEB 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.
- KJV King James Version
- And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
- BSB 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.
- ASV 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.
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look upon it.