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Revelation 6:1–8

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The Seven Seals

1Then I looked when the aLamb opened one of the bseven seals, and I heard one of the cfour living creatures saying as with a dvoice of thunder, “1Come.”

2Then I looked, and behold, a awhite horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ba crown was given to him, and he went out covercoming and to overcome.

3And when He opened the second seal, I heard the asecond living creature saying, “Come.”

4And another, aa red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to btake peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

5And when He opened the third seal, I heard the athird living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a bblack horse; and he who sits on it had a cpair of scales in his hand.

6And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the afour living creatures saying, “One 1choinix of wheat for one 2denarius, and three 3choinix of barley for one 4denarius, and bdo not harm the oil and the wine.”

7And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the afourth living creature saying, “Come.”

8Then I looked, and behold, a apale horse; and he who sits on it had the name bDeath, and cHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, dto kill with sword and with famine and with 1pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1One early ms adds and see, so in v 3, 5, 7
  2. 1A choinix was approx. 1 qt. or 1 l
  3. 2A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  4. 3A choinix was approx. 1 qt. or 1 l
  5. 4A Roman silver coin, approx. a laborer’s daily wage
  6. 1Or death

Cross references

  1. aJohn 1:29; Rev 5:6, 12f; 13:8
  2. bRev 5:1
  3. cRev 4:6; 5:6, 8, 11, 14
  4. dRev 14:2; 19:6
  5. aZech 1:8; 6:3f; Rev 19:11
  6. bZech 6:11; Rev 9:7; 14:14; 19:12
  7. cRev 3:21; 13:7; 15:2
  8. aRev 4:7
  9. aZech 1:8; 6:2
  10. bMatt 10:34
  11. aRev 4:7
  12. bZech 6:2, 6
  13. cEzek 4:16
  14. aRev 4:6f
  15. bRev 7:3; 9:4
  16. aRev 4:7
  17. aZech 6:3
  18. bProv 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f
  19. cProv 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f
  20. dJer 14:12; 15:2f; 24:10; 29:17f; Ezek 5:12, 17; 14:21; 29:5