Revelation 6:1–8

The Seven Seals

⁶Then I saw the Lamb break one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures call out, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!”^{p* 2}I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer.^*

³When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!”^{q 4}And out came^r another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.^*

⁵When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!”^s I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,^{* 6}and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay^t and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay,^u but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

⁷When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature call out, “Come!”^{v 8}I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.^*