Revelation 5:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Revelation 5:3 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 5:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
- Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Revelation 5:13And 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!”
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