Revelation 6:1-8

The Seals

1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Cross References 19

  • 1. S Revelation 5:6
  • 2. Revelation 5:1
  • 3. S Revelation 4:6,7
  • 4. Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6
  • 5. Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 6:3; Revelation 19:11
  • 6. Zechariah 6:11; Revelation 14:14; Revelation 19:12
  • 7. Psalms 45:4
  • 8. Revelation 4:7
  • 9. Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 6:2
  • 10. Matthew 10:34
  • 11. Revelation 4:7
  • 12. Zechariah 6:2
  • 13. S Revelation 4:6,7
  • 14. Ezekiel 4:16
  • 15. Revelation 7:1,3; Revelation 9:4
  • 16. Revelation 4:7
  • 17. Zechariah 6:3
  • 18. Hosea 13:14; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 20:13,14
  • 19. Jeremiah 15:2,3; Jeremiah 24:10; Ezekiel 5:12,17

Footnotes 4

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