King James Version

Revelation 5:4

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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “much” (πολὺ) before because here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “many [times]” (πολλὰ) before because here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and to read” (καὶ ἀναγνῶναι) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.AndἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἔκλαιονeklaionweptκλαίω (klaiō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “wept”, an ongoing action in the pastG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.weptπολὺpolumuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.muchὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseοὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manἄξιοςaxiosworthyἄξιοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “worthy”, the subject formG514worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable.This verse uses “worthy”.worthyεὑρέθηheurethēto findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to find”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.ἀνοῖξαιanoixaito openἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to open”, a single actionG455I open.to openτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βιβλίονbiblionbookβιβλίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “book”, the object formG975a papyrus roll.the bookοὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherβλέπεινblepeinto 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

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πολλὰpollamuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀναγνῶναιanagnōnaito readἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō)verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to read”, a single actionG314I read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book, nor to see it.

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