Revelation 5:4

Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

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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

3No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.

5One 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.”

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Cross References

Daniel 12:8I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “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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