⁶ Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, “A quart of wheat for a ·day’s pay [^Ldenarius; ^Ca Roman coin equal to a day’s wage], and three quarts of barley for a ·day’s pay [^Ldenarius; ^Cinflated prices caused by famine], and do not damage the olive oil and wine [^Cindicates only partial destruction; vines and olive trees endured drought better than wheat and barley]!”

⁷ When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “·Come [or Go; 6:1]!” ⁸ I looked, and ·there before me was [^Llook; ^Tbehold] a ·pale [or pale green] horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades [^Cthe realm of the dead, also known as Sheol] was following close behind him. They were given ·power [authority] over a fourth of the earth to kill people by ·war [^Lthe sword], by ·starvation [famine], by ·disease [pestilence; plague], and by the wild animals of the earth.