Rev 6 | NASB2020 | 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: Conqueror on a 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 and see}!” 2 I looked, and behold, a ^fwhite horse, and the one 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 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 people would kill one another; and a large 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 and see}!” I looked, and behold, a ^oblack horse, and the one 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 a day’s wages for a laborer}denarius, and three ^{▼▼Gr choenix; i.e., a dry measure almost equal to a qt.}quarts of barley for a ^{▼▼The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer}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 and see}!” 8 I looked, and behold, ^{▼▼Or a sickly pale green}an ^zashen horse; and the one 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 famine, and ^{▼▼Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death}plague, and by the wild animals 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 killed ^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, “ ^ajHow 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 live on the earth?” 11 And a ^aqwhite robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to ^arrest for a little while longer, ^asuntil the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was ^atcompleted also.

The Sixth Seal: Terror

12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^auearthquake; and the ^avsun became as 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 drops 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 was removed from its place. 15 Then ^bbthe kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they * ^bcsaid to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ^{▼▼Lit face}sight of Him ^bewho sits on the throne, and from the ^bfwrath of the Lamb; 17 for ^bgthe great day of Their wrath has come, and ^bhwho is able to stand?”