Revelation 5:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 5:4

2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ^a“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”

3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open¹ and read the scroll, or to look at it.

5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, ^athe Lion of the tribe of ^bJudah, ^cthe Root of David, has ^dprevailed to open the scroll ^eand to loose its seven seals.”

6 And I looked,¹ and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood ^aa Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and ^bseven eyes, which are ^cthe seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^aof Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy Is the Lamb

8 Now when He had taken the scroll, ^athe four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^bprayers of the saints.

9 And ^athey sang a new song, saying:
^b“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And ^chave redeemed us to God ^dby Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 And have made¹ us ^akings and¹ ^bpriests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

12 saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Verse Comparison: Revelation 5:4

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

Amplified® Bible
And I wept audibly {and} bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it.

Contemporary English Version
I cried hard because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or see inside it.

Darby English Version
And *I* wept much because no one had been found worthy to open the book nor to regard it.

Good News Bible
I cried bitterly because no one could be found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

International Standard Version
I began to cry 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.

New American Standard Bible
Then I {began} to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

New International Version
I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

New King James Version
So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I began to weep greatly because they could find no one worthy to open the book or to look into it;

Young's Literal Translation
And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, nor to behold it,

New English Translation
So¹ I began weeping bitterly² because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

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