And I heard something like a voice in the center of the (A)four living creatures saying, “A [a]quart of wheat for a [b]denarius, and three [c]quarts of barley for a [d]denarius; and (B)do not damage the oil and the wine.”

The Fourth Seal: Death

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the (C)fourth living creature saying, “Come[e]!” I looked, and behold, [f]an (D)ashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name (E)Death, and (F)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (G)to kill with sword, and famine, and [g]plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:6 Gr choenix; i.e., a dry measure almost equal to a qt.
  2. Revelation 6:6 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  3. Revelation 6:6 Gr choenix; i.e., a dry measure almost equal to a qt.
  4. Revelation 6:6 The denarius was a day’s wages for a laborer
  5. Revelation 6:7 One early ms and see
  6. Revelation 6:8 Or a sickly pale green
  7. Revelation 6:8 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death

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