{"book":"Revelation","slug":"revelation","ch":6,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Revelation of Jesus Christ","prev":"revelation/5","next":"revelation/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder,“ Come!”","f":[],"h":"The First Seal: The White Horse","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[So] I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"And when [the Lamb] opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say,“ Come!”","f":[],"h":"The Second Seal: War","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And when [the Lamb] opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,“ Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"And when [the Lamb] opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,“ Come!”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales."}],"h":"The Third Seal: Famine","style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And I heard [ what sounded ] like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying,“ A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”","f":["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."]},{"v":7,"t":"And when [the Lamb] opened the fourth seal, I heard [the] voice of the fourth living creature say,“ Come!”","f":[],"h":"The Fourth Seal: Death","style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name [was] Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"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 they had upheld.","f":[],"h":"The Fifth Seal: The Martyrs","style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"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?”","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"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].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"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 whole moon turned blood red,","f":[],"h":"The Sixth Seal: Terror","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"and the stars of [the] sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free [man] hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"And they said to the mountains and the rocks,“ Fall on us and hide us from [the] face of the [One] seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.","f":["See Hosea 10:8."]},{"v":17,"t":"For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand [it]?”","f":["BYZ and TR His"]}]}