Revelation 5:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in the realm of the dead, Hades] was able to open the scroll or to take a [single] look at its contents.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And no one was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to gaze upon it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

Revelation 5:3 Cross References

Isaiah 41:28

And when I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Romans 11:34

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Philippians 2:10

that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,

Revelation 5:13

And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:4

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