Revelation 5:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.”

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BSBPD

“And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, nor to behold it,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 5:4 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Daniel 12:8I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
  2. Revelation 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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