Revelation 5:3
Good News Translation
But there was no one in heaven or on earth or in the world below who could open the scroll and look inside it.

New Revised Standard Version
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

Contemporary English Version
No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb, benediction and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever.

Isaiah 40:13,14 Who hath forwarded the spirit of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor, and hath taught him? . . .

Isaiah 41:28 And I saw, and there was no one even among them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.

Romans 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

Context
The Scroll with Seven Seals
2And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? 3And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it. 4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.…
Cross References
Philippians 2:10
That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:

Revelation 5:4
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb, benediction and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever.

Revelation 5:2
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