Revelation 5:4 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I wept and wept because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or even to look in it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

I wept loudly because there was nobody who was good enough. Nobody was so good that they could open the scroll. Nobody could look inside it.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I cried and cried because there was no one who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

I cried bitterly because no one was found who deserved to open the scroll or look inside it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And I cried and cried because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or even to look in it.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Then I was crying greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

I began to weep loudly, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look in it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

I shed many tears because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to examine it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I cried and cried because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

Then I wept because no one could be found who was worthy to open the scroll and read it.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So I broke down weeping with intense sorrow, because there was found no one worthy to break open the scroll and read its contents.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Then I wept with disappointment because no one anywhere was worthy; no one could tell us what it said.

English Tyndale 1537

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

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