New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 6

The First Seal: Conqueror on a White Horse

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 the one who sat on it had a bow; and 7a crown was given to him, and he went out 8conquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal: War

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 people would kill one another; and a large sword was given to him.

The Third Seal: Famine

5When He broke the third seal, I heard the 13third living creature saying, “Come14!” I looked, and behold, a 15black horse, and the one 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.”

The Fourth Seal: Death

7When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the 23fourth living creature saying, “Come24!” 8I looked, and behold, 25an 26ashen horse; and the one 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 famine, and 30plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The Fifth Seal: Martyrs

9When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw 31underneath the 32altar the 33souls of those who had been killed 34because of the word of God, and because of the 35testimony which they had maintained; 10and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “36How long, O 37 38Lord, 39holy and true, 40will You refrain from 41judging and avenging our blood on 42those who live on the earth?” 11And a 43white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to 44rest for a little while longer, 45until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was 46completed also.

The Sixth Seal: Terror

12And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great 47earthquake; and the 48sun became as black as 49sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13and 50the stars of the sky fell to the earth, 51as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 52The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and 53every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15Then 54the kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16and they 55said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the 56sight of Him 57who sits on the throne, and from the 58wrath of the Lamb; 17for 59the great day of Their wrath has come, and 60who is able to stand?”

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 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 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 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 a day’s wages for a laborer ↩
20. Revelation 6:6 Gr choenix; i.e., a dry measure almost equal to a qt. ↩
21. Revelation 6:6 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer ↩
22. Revelation 6:6 Rev 7:3; 9:4 ↩
23. Revelation 6:7 Rev 4:7 ↩
24. Revelation 6:7 One early ms and see ↩
25. Revelation 6:8 Or a sickly pale green ↩
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 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death ↩
31. Revelation 6:9 Ex 29:12; Lev 4:7; John 16:2 ↩
32. Revelation 6:9 Rev 14:18; 16:7 ↩
33. Revelation 6:9 Rev 20:4 ↩
34. Revelation 6:9 Rev 1:2, 9 ↩
35. Revelation 6:9 Rev 12:17 ↩
36. Revelation 6:10 Zech 1:12 ↩
37. Revelation 6:10 Or Master ↩
38. Revelation 6:10 Luke 2:29; 2 Pet 2:1 ↩
39. Revelation 6:10 Rev 3:7 ↩
40. Revelation 6:10 Lit do You not judge and avenge ↩
41. Revelation 6:10 Deut 32:43; Ps 79:10; Luke 18:7; Rev 19:2 ↩
42. Revelation 6:10 Rev 3:10 ↩
43. Revelation 6:11 Rev 3:4, 5; 7:9 ↩
44. Revelation 6:11 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 4:10; Rev 14:13 ↩
45. Revelation 6:11 Heb 11:40 ↩
46. Revelation 6:11 Acts 20:24; 2 Tim 4:7 ↩
47. Revelation 6:12 Matt 24:7; Rev 8:5; 11:13; 16:18 ↩
48. Revelation 6:12 Is 13:10; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24 ↩
49. Revelation 6:12 Is 50:3; Matt 11:21 ↩
50. Revelation 6:13 Matt 24:29; Mark 13:25; Rev 8:10; 9:1 ↩
51. Revelation 6:13 Is 34:4 ↩
52. Revelation 6:14 Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:11; 21:1 ↩
53. Revelation 6:14 Is 54:10; Jer 4:24; Ezek 38:20; Nah 1:5; Rev 16:20 ↩
54. Revelation 6:15 Is 2:10f, 19, 21; 24:21; Rev 19:18 ↩
55. Revelation 6:16 Hos 10:8; Luke 23:30; Rev 9:6 ↩
56. Revelation 6:16 Lit face ↩
57. Revelation 6:16 Rev 4:9; 5:1 ↩
58. Revelation 6:16 Mark 3:5 ↩
59. Revelation 6:17 Is 63:4; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1f, 11, 31; Zeph 1:14f; Rev 16:14 ↩
60. Revelation 6:17 Ps 76:7; Nah 1:6; Mal 3:2; Luke 21:36 ↩