the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Revelation 5:3
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But there was no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth who could open the scroll or look inside it.
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,
And no man in heven ner in erth nether vnder the erth was able to open the boke nether to loke thereon.
No one in heaven, or on the eretz, or under the eretz, was able to open the book, or to look in it.
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.
But there was no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth who could open the scroll or look inside it.
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look upon it.
No one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.
And none in heaven, or in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.
And noon in heuene, nether in erthe, nether vnder erthe, myyte opene the book, nether biholde it.
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or see inside it.
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it.
And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.
But no one in heaven, on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.
No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.Revelation 5:13;">[xr]
And no one was able, in heaven above, nor upon earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, or to inspect it.
And no one either in heaven above, or on the earth, or beneath the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon.
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it.
No one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look in it.
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,
And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the Booke, neither to looke thereon.
And no man in heaven above, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look on it.
And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.
And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to loke theron.
But there was no one in heaven or on earth or in the world below who could open the scroll and look inside it.
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it.
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.
And no one in Heaven was able to open the scroll nor to see it, neither on the earth, nor underneath the earth.
and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.
And no ma in heaue ner in earth, nether vnder ye earth, was able to ope ye boke, nether to loke thereon.
and no one in heaven, nor in earth, nor under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look therein.
There was no one—no one in Heaven, no one on earth, no one from the underworld—able to break open the scroll and read it.
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.
But no one in heaven or earth was able to open it and read what it said.
And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Revelation 5:13, Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:14, Isaiah 41:28, Romans 11:34
Reciprocal: Exodus 37:10 - General Job 41:15 - a close Revelation 3:7 - he that openeth Revelation 5:9 - Thou art
Cross-References
And Adam again knew his wife, and she bare a son, and called his name Seth, - For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain slew him!
Male and female, created he them, - and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day they were created.
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness after his image, - and called his name Seth:
and all the days of Kenan were, nine hundred and ten years, - and he died.
and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!
How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?
Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
And answering, the messenger said unto her - The Holy Spirit, shall come upon thee, and, the power of the Most High, shall overshadow thee; wherefore, even that which is to be born, Holy, shall be called, Son of God.
That which hath been born of the flesh, is, flesh, and, that which hath been born of the spirit, is, spirit.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And no man in heaven,.... Or "no one in heaven", whether angels, or the souls of departed saints; neither the one nor the other know anything of what is to come, until it is revealed unto them:
nor in earth: among all the men on earth, even those of the greatest sagacity and penetration, the wise, the prudent, the scribe, the disputer of this world, such who are most conversant with books, and have the greatest reach into the things of nature, or of grace:
neither under the earth; the dead buried there, good or bad; which may be said agreeably to the notions of the ancient Jews, who believed the immortality of souls, and that they were rewarded or punished, υπο χθονος, "under the earth", according to their virtue or vice in life d: or the devils in hell; or whoever on the earth are influenced by them, as magicians, sorcerers, soothsayers, and necromancers:
was able to open the book, neither to look thereon; or in it, so as to read it, understand it, and show to John what was in it; for the sense is, there was no creature in heaven, earth, or hell, who were masters of the deepest knowledge, and made pretensions to any, that were able to foresee and foretell things to come; or to exhibit the prophecies in this book, and represent them to John in the manner they afterwards were, and much less to accomplish them.
d Joseph. Antiqu. l. 18. c. 1. sect 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And no man in heaven - No one - οὐδεὶς oudeis. There is no limitation in the original to man. The idea is, that there was no one in heaven - evidently alluding to the created beings there - who could open the volume. Is it not taught here that angels cannot penetrate the future, and disclose what is to come? Are not their faculties limited in this respect like those of man?
Nor in earth - Among all classes of people - sages, divines, prophets, philosophers - who among those have ever been able to penetrate the future, and disclose what is to come?
Neither under the earth - These divisions compose, in common language, the universe: what is in heaven above; what is on the earth; and whatever there is under the earth - the abodes of the dead. May there not be an allusion here to the supposed science of necromancy, and an assertion that even the dead cannot penetrate the future, and disclose what is to come? Compare the notes on Isaiah 8:19. In all these great realms no one advanced who was qualified to undertake the office of making a disclosure of what the mysterious scroll might contain.
Was able to open the book - Had ability - ἠδύνατε ēdunate - to do it. It was a task beyond their power. Even if anyone had been found who had a rank and a moral character which might have seemed to justify the effort, there was no one who had the power of reading what was recorded respecting coming events.
Neither to look thereon - That is, so to open the seals as to have a view of what was written therein. That it was not beyond their power merely to see the book is apparent from the fact that John himself saw it in the hand of him that sat on the throne; and it is evident also Revelation 5:5 that in that sense the elders saw it. But no one could prevail to inspect the contents, or so have access to the interior of the volume as to be able to see what was written there. It could be seen, indeed Revelation 5:1, that it was written on both sides of the parchment, but what the writing was no one could know.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 5:3. And no man — ουδεις No person or being.
In heaven — Among all the angels of God.
Nor in the earth — No human being.
Neither under the earth — No disembodied spirit, nor any demon. Neither angels, men, nor devils, can fathom the decrees of God.
Neither to look thereon. — None can look into it unless it be opened, and none can open it unless the seals be unloosed.
