Revelation 5:4

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3But no one in heaven above or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Cross References

Daniel 12:8I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:2-6

The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the… Read the whole commentary →

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