² The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,^(A)

⁸ In the night I saw a man mounted on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the shadows,^[a] and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.^(A)

² I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering and to conquer.^(A)

³ When he broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!”^{[a] 4} And out came^[b] another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.^(B)

⁵ When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!”^[c] I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,^{(C) 6} and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s pay^[d] and three quarts of barley for a day’s pay,^[e] but do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”

³ So he carried me away in the spirit^[a] into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.^(A)

³ Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads.^(A)

⁶ The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go toward the west country,^[a] and the dappled ones go toward the south country.”^(A)