Revelation 5:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 5:13 : 13 Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who comprehends the mind of the LORD, or gives him instruction as his counselor? 14 From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?
  • Isa 41:28 : 28 I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

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    4So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

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  • Rev 5:1-2
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    1The Opening of the Scroll Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals.

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  • Rev 10:5-6
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    5Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

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    7Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

    8and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense(which are the prayers of the saints).

    9They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

    10You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

    11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand– thousands times thousands–

    12all of whom were singing in a loud voice:“Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!”

    13Then I heard every creature– in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them– singing:“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!”

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