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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When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave.[a] These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease[b] and wild animals.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:8a Greek was Hades.
  2. 6:8b Greek death.