Revelation 6

The Seals

¹And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.[#6.1,3,5,7 not found in best early manuscripts.]

²And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.[#Zech 1.8; 6.3.]

³And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.[#6.1,3,5,7 not found in best early manuscripts.]

⁴And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.[#Zech 1.8; 6.2.]

⁵And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.[#Zech 6.2,6.; #6.1,3,5,7 not found in best early manuscripts.]

⁶And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

⁷And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.[#6.1,3,5,7 not found in best early manuscripts.]

⁸And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.[#Jer 15.3; Ezek 5.12,17; 14.21.; #6.8 Greek Hades.]

⁹And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

¹⁰and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

¹¹And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were , should be fulfilled.

¹²And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;[#Isa 13.10; Ezek 32.7; Joel 2.31; Matt 24.29; Mark 13.24,25; Luke 21.25.; #Rev 11.13; 16.18.]

¹³and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.[#Isa 34.4.]

¹⁴And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.[#Rev 16.20.]

¹⁵And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;[#Isa 2.10.]

¹⁶and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:[#Hos 10.8; Luke 23.30.]

¹⁷for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?[#Joel 2.11; Mal 3.2.]