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Revelation 5:4
Revelation 5:4 is verse 4 of Revelation chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
King James Version
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
World English Bible
Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.
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Revelation 5:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
4 And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Revelation 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
Daniel 12:8I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
Daniel 12:9“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.