Revelation 5:3 - Exposition

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon ; no one in the heaven, or on the earth (Revised Version). That is, no one in all creation—in heaven, or on earth, or in the place of departed spirits. No one was able "to look thereon" (that is, "to read therein") as a consequence of no one being fit to open the book.