Revelation 5:3
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
BSB
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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.
KJV
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no [one] | G3762 → |
| ἐδύνατο | edunato | was able | G1410 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| οὐρανῷ | ouranō | heaven | G3772 → |
| οὐδὲ | oude | nor | G3761 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γῆς | gēs | earth | G1093 → |
| οὐδὲ | oude | nor | G3761 → |
| ὑποκάτω | hupokatō | under | G5270 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γῆς | gēs | earth | G1093 → |
| ἀνοῖξαι | anoixai | to open | G455 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| βιβλίον | biblion | scroll | G975 → |
| οὔτε | oute | nor | G3777 → |
| βλέπειν | blepein | to see | G991 → |
| αὐτό. | auto | it. | G846 → |
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