Rev 6 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals , and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder , “ Come .”

Revelation of John 6

The First Seal— Rider on White Horse

1 Then I saw when the ^aLamb broke one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “Come ^{▼▼ One early ms reads and see}.” 2 I looked, and behold, a ^fwhite horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and ^ga crown was given to him, and he went out ^hconquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal— War

3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the ⁱsecond living creature saying, “Come ^{▼▼ One early ms reads and see}.” 4 And another, ^ka red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to ^ltake 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 ^mthird living creature saying, “Come ^{▼▼ One early ms reads and see}.” I looked, and behold, a ^oblack horse; and he who sat on it had a ^ppair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ^qfour living creatures saying, “A ^{▼▼ Gr choenix; i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt}quart of wheat for a ^{▼▼ The denarius was equivalent to a day’s wages}denarius, and three ^{▼▼ Gr choenix; i.e. a dry measure almost equal to a qt}quarts of barley for a ^{▼▼ The denarius was equivalent to a day’s wages}denarius; and ^vdo 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 ^wfourth living creature saying, “Come ^{▼▼ One early ms reads and see}.” 8 I looked, and behold, an ^{▼▼ Or sickly pale
,} ^zashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name ^aaDeath; and ^abHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^acto kill with sword and with famine and with ^{▼▼ Or death}pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal— Martyrs

9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^aeunderneath the ^afaltar the ^agsouls of those who had been slain ^ahbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^aitestimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, ^aj“How long, O ^{▼▼ Or Master
,} ^alLord, ^amholy and true, ^{▼▼ Lit do You not judge and avenge}will You refrain from ^aojudging and avenging our blood on ^apthose who dwell on the earth?” 11 And ^aqthere was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should ^arrest for a little while longer, ^asuntil the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^atcompleted also.

The Sixth Seal— Terror

12 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^auearthquake; and the ^avsun became black as ^awsackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and ^axthe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^ayas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 ^azThe sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^baevery mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 Then ^bbthe kings of the earth and the great men and the ^{▼▼ I.e. chiliarchs, in command of one thousand troops}commanders 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 ^bd said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ^{▼▼ Lit face}presence of Him ^bfwho sits on the throne, and from the ^bgwrath of the Lamb; 17 for ^bhthe great day of their wrath has come, and ^biwho is able to stand?”