Revelation 6

Chapter 6

The Book Opened; The First Seal—Rider on White Horse

¹Then I saw when the ^aLamb broke one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “Come¹.”

²I looked, and behold, a ^awhite horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and ^ba crown was given to him, and he went out ^cconquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal—War

³When He broke the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature saying, “Come¹.”

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

The Third Seal—Famine

⁵When He broke the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature saying, “Come¹.” I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse; and he who sat on it had a ^cpair of scales in his hand.

⁶And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ^afour living creatures saying, “A ¹quart of wheat for a ²denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^bdo not damage the oil and the wine.”

The Fourth Seal—Death

⁷When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature saying, “Come¹.”

⁸I looked, and behold, an ^1aashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name ^bDeath; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^cto kill with sword and with famine and with ²pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal—Martyrs

⁹When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been slain ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^etestimony which they had maintained;

¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^aHow long, O ^1bLord, ^choly and true, ²will You refrain from ^djudging and avenging our blood on ^ethose who dwell on the earth?”

¹¹And ^athere was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should ^brest for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^dcompleted also.

The Sixth Seal—Terror

¹²I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became black as ^csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

¹³and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^bas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

^14aThe sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^bevery mountain and island were moved out of their places.

¹⁵Then ^athe kings of the earth and the great men and the ¹commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶and they ^asaid to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ¹presence of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the ^cwrath of the Lamb;

¹⁷for ^athe great day of their wrath has come, and ^bwho is able to stand?”