Revelation 6:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Fourth Seal—Death

⁷ When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^(A)fourth living creature saying, “Come^[a].” ⁸ I looked, and behold, an ^[b](B)ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name ^(C)Death; and ^(D)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(E)to kill with sword and with famine and with ^[c]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal—Martyrs

⁹ When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^(F)underneath the ^(G)altar the ^(H)souls of those who had been slain ^(I)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(J)testimony which they had maintained;