Revelation 6 (New American Standard)

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The First Seal--Rider on White Horse

1 Then I saw when the ¹Lamb broke one of the ²seven seals, and I heard one of the ³four living creatures saying as with a ⁴voice of thunder, "Come ^a." 2 I looked, and behold, a ⁵white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow ; and ⁶a crown was given to him, and he went out ⁷conquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal--War

3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the ⁸second living creature saying, "Come ^b." 4 And another, ⁹a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to ¹⁰take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another ; and a great sword was given to him.

The Third Seal--Famine

5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the ¹¹third living creature saying, "Come ^c." I looked, and behold, a ¹²black horse ; and he who sat on it had a ¹³pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ¹⁴four living creatures saying, "A ^dquart of wheat for a ^edenarius, and three ^fquarts of barley for a ^gdenarius ; and ¹⁵do not damage the oil and the wine."

The Fourth Seal--Death

7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ¹⁶fourth living creature saying, "Come ^h." 8 I looked, and behold, an ⁱ¹⁷ashen horse ; and he who sat on it had the name ¹⁸Death ; and ¹⁹Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ²⁰to kill with sword and with famine and with ^jpestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal--Martyrs

9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ²¹underneath the ²²altar the ²³souls of those who had been slain ²⁴because of the word of God, and because of the ²⁵testimony which they had maintained ; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "²⁶How long , O ^k²⁷Lord, ²⁸holy and true, ^lwill You refrain from ²⁹judging and avenging our blood on ³⁰those who dwell on the earth ?" 11 And ³¹there was given to each of them a white robe ; and they were told that they should ³²rest for a little while longer, ³³until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ³⁴completed also.

The Sixth Seal--Terror

12 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ³⁵earthquake ; and the ³⁶sun became black as ³⁷sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood ; 13 and ³⁸the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ³⁹as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 ⁴⁰The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ⁴¹every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 Then ⁴²the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^mcommanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains ; 16 and they ⁴³said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the ⁿpresence of Him ⁴⁴who sits on the throne, and from the ⁴⁵wrath of the Lamb ; 17 for ⁴⁶the great day of their wrath has come, and ⁴⁷who is able to stand ?"

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a. Revelation 6:1 - One early ms reads "and see"

b. Revelation 6:3 - One early ms reads "and see"

c. Revelation 6:5 - One early ms reads "and see"

d. Revelation 6:6 - Gr "choenix;" i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt

e. Revelation 6:6 - The denarius was equivalent to a day's wages

f. Revelation 6:6 - Gr "choenix;" i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt

g. Revelation 6:6 - The denarius was equivalent to a day's wages

h. Revelation 6:7 - One early ms reads "and see"

i. Revelation 6:8 - Or "sickly pale"

j. Revelation 6:8 - Or "death"

k. Revelation 6:10 - Or "Master"

l. Revelation 6:10 - Lit "do You not judge and avenge"

m. Revelation 6:15 - I.e. chiliarchs, in command of one thousand troops

n. Revelation 6:16 - Lit "face"

1. Revelation 6:1 - John 1:29; Rev 5:6, 12f; 13:8

2. Revelation 6:1 - Rev 5:1

3. Revelation 6:1 - Rev 4:6; 5:6, 8, 11, 14

4. Revelation 6:1 - Rev 14:2; 19:6

5. Revelation 6:2 - Zech 1:8; 6:3f; Rev 19:11

6. Revelation 6:2 - Zech 6:11; Rev 9:7; 14:14; 19:12

7. Revelation 6:2 - Rev 3:21

8. Revelation 6:3 - Rev 4:7

9. Revelation 6:4 - Zech 1:8; 6:2

10. Revelation 6:4 - Matt 10:34

11. Revelation 6:5 - Rev 4:7

12. Revelation 6:5 - Zech 6:2, 6

13. Revelation 6:5 - Ezek 4:16

14. Revelation 6:6 - Rev 4:6f

15. Revelation 6:6 - Rev 7:3; 9:4

16. Revelation 6:7 - Rev 4:7

17. Revelation 6:8 - Zech 6:3

18. Revelation 6:8 - Prov 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f

19. Revelation 6:8 - Prov 5:5; Hos 13:14; Matt 11:23; Rev 1:18; 20:13f

20. Revelation 6:8 - Jer 14:12; 15:2f; 24:10; 29:17f; Ezek 5:12, 17; 14:21; 29:5

21. Revelation 6:9 - Ex 29:12; Lev 4:7; John 16:2

22. Revelation 6:9 - Rev 14:18; 16:7

23. Revelation 6:9 - Rev 20:4

24. Revelation 6:9 - Rev 1:2, 9

25. Revelation 6:9 - Rev 12:17

26. Revelation 6:10 - Zech 1:12

27. Revelation 6:10 - Luke 2:29; 2 Pet 2:1

28. Revelation 6:10 - Rev 3:7

29. Revelation 6:10 - Deut 32:43; Ps 79:10; Luke 18:7; Rev 19:2

30. Revelation 6:10 - Rev 3:10

31. Revelation 6:11 - Rev 3:4, 5; 7:9

32. Revelation 6:11 - 2 Thess 1:7; Heb 4:10; Rev 14:13

33. Revelation 6:11 - Heb 11:40

34. Revelation 6:11 - Acts 20:24; 2 Tim 4:7

35. Revelation 6:12 - Matt 24:7; Rev 8:5; 11:13; 16:18

36. Revelation 6:12 - Is 13:10; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24

37. Revelation 6:12 - Is 50:3; Matt 11:21

38. Revelation 6:13 - Matt 24:29; Mark 13:25; Rev 8:10; 9:1

39. Revelation 6:13 - Is 34:4

40. Revelation 6:14 - Is 34:4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:11; 21:1

41. Revelation 6:14 - Is 54:10; Jer 4:24; Ezek 38:20; Nah 1:5; Rev 16:20

42. Revelation 6:15 - Is 2:10f, 19, 21; 24:21; Rev 19:18

43. Revelation 6:16 - Hos 10:8; Luke 23:30; Rev 9:6

44. Revelation 6:16 - Rev 4:9; 5:1

45. Revelation 6:16 - Mark 3:5

46. Revelation 6:17 - Is 63:4; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1f, 11, 31; Zeph 1:14f; Rev 16:14

47. Revelation 6:17 - Ps 76:7; Nah 1:6; Mal 3:2; Luke 21:36

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