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

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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  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