When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of (A)the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, (B)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill (C)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and (D)by wild beasts of the earth.

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The Fourth Seal: Death

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the (A)fourth living creature saying, “Come[a]!” I looked, and behold, [b]an (B)ashen horse; and the one 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 famine, and [c]plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:7 One early ms and see
  2. Revelation 6:8 Or a sickly pale green
  3. Revelation 6:8 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death