Revelation 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

I shed many tears because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to examine it.

Cross References

Revelation 4:1

After this I had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.”

Revelation 5:3

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to examine it.

Revelation 5:5

One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed, enabling him to open the scroll with its seven seals.”