Revelation 5:3

And no one either in heaven above, or on the earth, or beneath the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The 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.

In Context

2And I saw a strong angel, who proclaimed with a loud voice, Who is competent to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

4And I wept much, because no one was found, who was competent to open the book, or to look on it.

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Cross References

Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been a counsellor to him?

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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