Revelation 6

New American Standard Bible 1995

The First Seal—Rider on White Horse

6 Then I saw when the ^(A)Lamb broke one of the ^(B)seven seals, and I heard one of the ^(C)four living creatures saying as with a ^(D)voice of thunder, “Come^[a].” ² I looked, and behold, a ^(E)white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and ^(F)a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(G)conquering and to conquer.

The Second Seal—War

³ When He broke the second seal, I heard the ^(H)second living creature saying, “Come^[b].” ⁴ And another, ^(I)a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to ^(J)take 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 ^(K)third living creature saying, “Come^[c].” I looked, and behold, a ^(L)black horse; and he who sat on it had a ^(M)pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard something like a voice in the center of the ^(N)four living creatures saying, “A ^[d]quart of wheat for a ^[e]denarius, and three ^[f]quarts of barley for a ^[g]denarius; and ^(O)do 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 ^(P)fourth living creature saying, “Come^[h].” ⁸ I looked, and behold, an ^[i](Q)ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name ^(R)Death; and ^(S)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(T)to kill with sword and with famine and with ^[j]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fifth Seal—Martyrs

⁹ When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw ^(U)underneath the ^(V)altar the ^(W)souls of those who had been slain ^(X)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(Y)testimony which they had maintained; ¹⁰ and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(Z)How long, O ^[k](AA)Lord, ^(AB)holy and true, ^[l]will You refrain from ^(AC)judging and avenging our blood on ^(AD)those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ And ^(AE)there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should ^(AF)rest for a little while longer, ^(AG)until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^(AH)completed also.

The Sixth Seal—Terror

¹² I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great ^(AI)earthquake; and the ^(AJ)sun became black as ^(AK)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ¹³ and ^(AL)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^(AM)as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. ^14 (AN)The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^(AO)every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵ Then ^(AP)the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^[m]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 *^(AQ)said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ^[n]presence of Him ^(AR)who sits on the throne, and from the ^(AS)wrath of the Lamb; ¹⁷ for ^(AT)the great day of their wrath has come, and ^(AU)who is able to stand?”