¹I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals , and I heard one of the four living creatures saying , as with a voice of thunder , “Come and see !”

²Then a white horse appeared , and he who sat on it had a bow . A crown was given to him , and he came out conquering , and to conquer .

³When he opened the second seal , I heard the second living creature saying , “Come !”

⁴Another came out , a red horse . To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth , and that they should kill one another . There was given to him a great sword .

⁵When he opened the third seal , I heard the third living creature saying , “Come and see !” And behold , a black horse , and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand .

⁶I heard a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying , “A choenix of wheat for a denarius , and three choenix of barley for a denarius ! Don’t damage the oil and the wine !”[#6:6 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a litre (a little more than a quart).]

⁷When he opened the fourth seal , I heard the fourth living creature saying , “Come and see!”

⁸And behold , a pale horse , and the name of he who sat on it was Death . Hades followed with him . Authority over one fourth of the earth , to kill with the sword , with famine , with death , and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him .[#6:8 or, Hell]

⁹When he opened the fifth seal , I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God , and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had .

¹⁰They cried with a loud voice , saying , “How long , Master , the holy and true , until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth ?”

¹¹A long white robe was given to each of them . They were told that they should rest yet for a while , until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were , should complete their course.[#6:11 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”]

¹²I saw when he opened the sixth seal , and there was a great earthquake . The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair , and the whole moon became as blood.

¹³The stars of the sky fell to the earth , like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

¹⁴The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up . Every mountain and island was moved out of its place .

¹⁵The kings of the earth , the princes, the commanding officers, the rich , the strong , and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains .

¹⁶They told the mountains and the rocks , “Fall on us , and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne , and from the wrath of the Lamb ,

¹⁷for the great day of his wrath has come , and who is able to stand ?”