Revelation 6:3-6

J.B. Phillips New Testament

The second rider: War

³ Then, when the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature, cry, “Come out!”

⁴ And another horse came forth, red in colour. Its rider was given power to deprive the earth of peace, so that men should kill each other. A huge sword was put into his hand.

The third rider: Famine

^5a When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come out!”

^5b-6 I looked again and there before my eyes was a black horse. Its rider had a pair of scales in his hand, and I heard a voice which seemed to come from the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a shilling, and three quarts of barley for a shilling—but no tampering with the oil or the wine!”