Revelation 5:8-6:6

New King James Version

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(A)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(B)prayers of the saints. ⁹And ^(C)they sang a new song, saying:

^(D)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And ^(E)have redeemed us to God ^(F)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
¹⁰And have made ^[a]us ^(G)kings^[b] and ^(H)priests to our God;
And ^[c]we shall reign on the earth.”

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹²saying with a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

¹³And ^(I)every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:

^(J)“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him ^(K)who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ^[d]ever!”

¹⁴Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the ^[e]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped ^[f]Him who lives forever and ever.

First Seal: The Conqueror

6 Now ^(L)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the ^[g]seals; and I heard ^(M)one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” ²And I looked, and behold, ^(N)a white horse. ^(O)He who sat on it had a bow; ^(P)and a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(Q)conquering and to conquer.

Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

³When He opened the second seal, ^(R)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come ^[h]and see.” ⁴^(S)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to ^(T)take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

⁵When He opened the third seal, ^(U)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, ^(V)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of ^(W)scales^[i] in his hand. ⁶And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A ^[j]quart of wheat for a ^[k]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^(X)do not harm the oil and the wine.”