| 1 | Then I saw as the Lamb broke open one of the seven seals, and as if in a voice of thunder I heard one of the four living creatures call out, Come! |
| 2 | And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer. |
| 3 | And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, Come! |
| 4 | And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword. |
| 5 | When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come
and look
! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance). |
| 6 | And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day’s wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! |
| 7 | When the Lamb broke open the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature call out, Come! |
| 8 | So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse [
[a]black and blue as if made so by bruising], and its rider’s name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority
and
power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth. |
| 9 | When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne. |
| 10 | They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth? |
| 11 | Then they were each given a
[b]long
and
flowing
and
festive white robe and told to rest
and
wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been. |
| 12 | When He [the Lamb] broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood. |
| 13 | And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind. |
| 14 | And the
[c]sky rolled up like a scroll
and
vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place. |
| 15 | Then the kings of the earth and their noblemen and their magnates and their military chiefs and the wealthy and the strong and [everyone, whether] slave or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, |
| 16 | And they called to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on (before) us and hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the
[d]deep-seated indignation
and
wrath of the Lamb. |
| 17 | For the great day of His wrath (vengeance, retribution, indignation) has come, and who is able to stand before it? |
Cross references:
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Revelation 6:2 : Ps. 45:4, 5; Zech. 1:8; 6:1-3.
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Revelation 6:6 : II Kings 6:25.
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Revelation 6:8 : Ezek. 5:12; Hos. 13:14.
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Revelation 6:10 : Gen. 4:10; Ps. 79:5; Zech. 1:12.
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Revelation 6:12 : Joel 2:10, 31.
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Revelation 6:13 : Isa. 34:4.
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Revelation 6:15 : Isa. 2:10.
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Revelation 6:16 : Isa. 2:19-21; Hos. 10:8.
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Revelation 6:17 : Joel 2:11; Mal. 3:2.
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