The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 06
1 I 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!”
2 Then a white horse appeared, and he
who sat onithad a bow. A crown was given
tohim, andhe came out conquering, andto
conquer.
3 When he opened the second seal, I
heard the second living creature saying,
“Come!”
4 Another 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.
5 When 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.
6 I 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!”
7 When he opened the fourth seal, I
heard the fourth living creature saying,
“Come and see!”
8 And 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.
9 When 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.
10 They 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?”
11 A 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.
12 I 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.
13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth,
like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when
it is shaken by a great wind.
14 The sky was removed like a scroll
when it is rolled up. Every mountain and
island was moved out of its place.
15 The 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.
16 They toldthemountains andthe rocks,
“Fall on us, and hide us from the face of
him who sits on the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb,
17 for the great day of his wrath has
come, and who is able to stand?”