Revelation Chapter 5 verse 4 Holy Bible
And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look thereon:
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And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it.
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And *I* wept much because no one had been found worthy to open the book nor to regard it.
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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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And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.
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And I was weeping much, because no one was found worthy to open and to read the scroll, nor to behold it,
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Revelation 5 : 4 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - And I wept much (ἔκλαιον); I burst into tears, and continued weeping. A strong expression in the imperfect tense. Because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. The words, "and to read? should be omitted. They are found in few manuscripts. The equivalent phrase follows, "neither to look thereon."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) And I wept much, because no man (better, no one) was found worthy to open . . . the book (omit, "and to read").--The Apostle is not ashamed to call attention to his tears. I, indeed, for my part (the "I" is emphatic) wept much. It was not a failure of faith; it was the outburst of an earnest heart, to which the knowledge of God and the destinies of his fellowmen were very dear. Those who have longed to see the end of oppression, fraud, and sorrow on the earth, to know something of the laws which govern the present, and of their issue in the future, will understand these tears. "The words, ' I wept much,' can only be understood by those who have lived in great catastrophes of the Church, and entered with the fullest sympathy into her sufferings Without tears the Revelation was not written, neither can it without tears be understood."
