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Then I saw a powerful angel. He said with a loud voice, ‘Who is so good that they can break the seals? Who can open the book?’ But nobody in heaven could open the book and look inside it. Neither could anyone on the earth or anyone under the earth open it.[a]

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

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Footnotes

  1. 5:3 The place ‘under the earth’ means where dead people are. The Jews called this place Hades.

And I saw a mighty angel(A) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

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