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

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

When He opened the fourth seal, (A)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” (B)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And [a]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (C)to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, (D)and by the beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:8 authority