Revelation 6:1–8

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.