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Revelation 5:4

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

KJV

καὶ ἔκλαιον πολὺ ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό.

Greek NT

Et ego flebam multum, quoniam nemo dignus inventus est aperire librum, nec videre eum.

Vulgate

And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βιβλίον
biblion
noun · 32×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλαίω
klaio
verb · 40×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὔτε
oute
conjunction · 94×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἄξιος
axios
adjective · 41×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἐγὼ | WH/Treg/RP: ἐγὼ
  • ἐγὼSBLGNT
  • ἐγὼWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 12:8 — And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
  • Isa 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.