Majority Standard Bible

Revelation 6

The First Seal: The White Horse

Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven1 seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come and see!2”

So I saw3 a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

The Second Seal: War

And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!4”

Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

The Third Seal: Famine

And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see!”5

And I saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. And I heard6 a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius,7 and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”

The Fourth Seal: Death

And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth8 living creature say, “Come and see!”

Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And he was given9 authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal: The Martyrs

And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony of the Lamb10 that they had upheld. And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

The Sixth Seal: Terror

And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole11 moon turned blood red, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich,12 the mighty, and every slave and13 free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us14 from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of His15 wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Source notes (15)

Footnote TR does not include seven .
Footnote CT does not include and see ; also in verse 7.
Footnote CT and TR I looked and saw ; similarly in verse 8
Footnote TR includes and see .
Footnote GOC, ALT, CT, and F35 “Come!” Then I looked
Footnote CT includes what sounded like .
Footnote Greek A choenix of wheat for a denarius ; A choenix was a Greek dry measure equivalent to 1.92 pints or 0.91 liters. A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2.
Footnote GOC, CT, F35, and TR the voice of the fourth
Footnote CT and TR they were given
Footnote CT and TR do not include of the Lamb .
Footnote ALT, F35, and TR do not include whole .
Footnote TR the rich, and the commanders
Footnote ALT, F35, and TR and every
Footnote See Hosea 10:8.
Footnote CT Their

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