Revelation 5:3
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
KJV
καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οὔτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὔτε ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό.
Greek NT
Et nemo poterat neque in cælo, neque in terra, neque subtus terram aperire librum, neque respicere illum.
Vulgate
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
ASV
And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- οὐρανῷ — SBLGNT
- οὐρανῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἄνω — Robinson-Pierpont
- οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ — SBLGNT
- οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- οὔτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὔτε — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 40:13 — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
- Isa 41:28 — For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
- Rev 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, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto
- Rev 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, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto
- Rom 11:34 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?