King James Version

Revelation 5:3

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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “nor” (οὔτε) before see here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “nor” (οὐδὲ) before see here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manἐδύνατοedunatowas ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “was able”, an ongoing action in the pastG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.was ableἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανῷouranōheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.οὐδὲoudeneitherοὐδέconjunction — “neither”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.This verse uses “neither”.neitherἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.οὐδὲoudeand notοὐδέconjunction — “and not”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.ὑποκάτωhupokatōunderὑποκάτωpreposition — “under”G5270underneath, below, under.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.ἀνοῖξαιanoixaito openἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to open”, a single actionG455I open.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βιβλίονbiblionscrollβιβλίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “scroll”, the object formG975a papyrus roll.οὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.βλέπεινblepeinto lookβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active infinitive — “to look”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “look”.to lookαὐτόautothereonαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “thereon”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thereon

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οὐδὲoudenorοὐδέconjunction — “nor”G3761neither, nor, not even, and not.This verse uses “nor”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

Young’s Literal Translation

and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

World English Bible

No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.

Darby Translation

And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.

Douay-Rheims

And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it.

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World English Bible

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