When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature(A) say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!(B) Its rider was named Death, and Hades(C) was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.(D)

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The Fourth Seal

When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”[a][b] And I looked, and there was a pale green[c] horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them[d](A) over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:7 Other mss add and see
  2. Revelation 6:7 Or Go!
  3. Revelation 6:8 Or a greenish gray
  4. Revelation 6:8 Other mss read him