New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 6:1-8

1Then I saw when the 1Lamb broke one of the 2seven seals, and I heard one of the 3four living creatures saying as with a 4voice of thunder, “Come5.” 2I looked, and behold, a 6white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and 7a crown was given to him, and he went out 8conquering and to conquer.

3When He broke the second seal, I heard the 9second living creature saying, “Come10.” 4And another, 11a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to 12take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

5When He broke the third seal, I heard the 13third living creature saying, “Come14.” I looked, and behold, a 15black horse; and he who sat on it had a 16pair of scales in his hand. 6And I heard something like a voice in the center of the 17four living creatures saying, “A 18quart of wheat for a 19denarius, and three 20quarts of barley for a 21denarius; and 22do not damage the oil and the wine.”

7When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the 23fourth living creature saying, “Come24.” 8I looked, and behold, an 25 26ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name 27Death; and 28Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, 29to kill with sword and with famine and with 30pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

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Notes

1. Revelation 6:1 John 1:29; Rev 5:6, 12f; 13:8 ↩
2. Revelation 6:1 Rev 5:1 ↩
3. Revelation 6:1 Rev 4:6; 5:6, 8, 11, 14 ↩
4. Revelation 6:1 Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
5. Revelation 6:1 One early ms reads and see ↩
6. Revelation 6:2 Zech 1:8; 6:3f; Rev 19:11 ↩
7. Revelation 6:2 Zech 6:11; Rev 9:7; 14:14; 19:12 ↩
8. Revelation 6:2 Rev 3:21 ↩
9. Revelation 6:3 Rev 4:7 ↩
10. Revelation 6:3 One early ms reads and see ↩
11. Revelation 6:4 Zech 1:8; 6:2 ↩
12. Revelation 6:4 Matt 10:34 ↩
13. Revelation 6:5 Rev 4:7 ↩
14. Revelation 6:5 One early ms reads and see ↩
15. Revelation 6:5 Zech 6:2, 6 ↩
16. Revelation 6:5 Ezek 4:16 ↩
17. Revelation 6:6 Rev 4:6f ↩
18. Revelation 6:6 Gr choenix; i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt ↩
19. Revelation 6:6 The denarius was equivalent to a day’s wages ↩
20. Revelation 6:6 Gr choenix; i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt ↩
21. Revelation 6:6 The denarius was equivalent to a day’s wages ↩
22. Revelation 6:6 Rev 7:3; 9:4 ↩
23. Revelation 6:7 Rev 4:7 ↩
24. Revelation 6:7 One early ms reads and see ↩
25. Revelation 6:8 Or sickly pale ↩
26. Revelation 6:8 Zech 6:3 ↩
27. Revelation 6:8 Prov 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f ↩
28. Revelation 6:8 Prov 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f ↩
29. Revelation 6:8 Jer 14:12; 15:2f; 24:10; 29:17f; Ezek 5:12, 17; 14:21; 29:5 ↩
30. Revelation 6:8 Or death ↩

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