Revelation 5:4

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3And no one either in heaven above, or on the earth, or beneath the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

5And one of the Elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath been victorious: He will open the book, and its seven seals.

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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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