Then I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And I heard the same voice that spoke to me before. It was the voice that sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.”
Revelation 5:4 - Easy To Read Version I cried and cried because there was no one who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I wept audibly and bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it. American Standard Version (1901) And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon: Common English Bible So I began to weep and weep, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look inside it. Catholic Public Domain Version And I wept greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it. |
Then I looked, and there before me was an open door in heaven. And I heard the same voice that spoke to me before. It was the voice that sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.”
But there was no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth who could open the scroll or look inside it.
But one of the elders {\cf2\super [38]} said to me, “Don’t cry! The Lion (Christ) from Judah’s family group has won the victory. He is David’s {\cf2\super [39]} descendant. {\cf2\super [40]} He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”