The Lamb Takes the Scroll

Revelation 5:3

In 9 translations

BSB: But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
KJV: And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
WEB: No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.
ASV: And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
LSV: And no one was able in Heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.
YLT: and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.
DBY: And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.
DRC: And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.
GNV: And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the Booke, neither to looke thereon.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include ἄνω (“above”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read οὐδὲ (“nor”); Byzantine text read οὔτε (“nor”) (2 places).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read οὔτε (“nor”); Textus Receptus read οὐδὲ (“nor”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of ἐδύνατο: Textus Receptus: ἠδύνατο.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: οὐρανῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐρανῷ; Robinson–Pierpont add ἄνω.
SBLGNT: οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read οὔτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὔτε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό.
RP2018: Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω, οὔτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὔτε ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς, ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον, οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό.
TR-Boyd: Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἠδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐδὲ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς, ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον, οὐδὲ βλέπειν αὐτό.
SCR1894: και ουδεις ηδυνατο εν τω ουρανω ουδε επι της γης ουδε υποκατω της γης ανοιξαι το βιβλιον ουδε βλεπειν αυτο

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Cross-references most cited first

Revelation 5:13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and…
Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Isaiah 40:13–14Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of…
Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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